Crete
Crete Περιφέρεια Κρήτης | |
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| Coordinates: 35°13′N 24°55′E / 35.21°N 24.91°E | |
| Kintra |  Greece |
| Capital | Heraklion |
| Regional units | |
| Govrenment | |
| • Regional govrenor | Stavros Arnaoutakis (PASOK) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8336 km2 (3,219 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 2456 m (8,058 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 621,340 |
| • Density | 75/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | GR-M |
| Website | www |
Crete (Greek: Κρήτη; [kriti]) is the laurgest an maist populous o the Greek islands, the fift lairgest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an ane o the thirteen admeenistrative regions o Greece. It forms a significant pairt o the economy an cultural heritage o Greece while retainin its awn local cultural traits (sic as its awn dialect, poetry, an muisic). Crete wis the centre o the Minoan ceevilization (c. 2700–1420 BC), the earliest "heich cultur" ceevilization in Europe, which biggit the first pailaces in Europe.[1]
Human geografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]Crete is the maist populous island in Greece wi a population o mair nor 600,000 fowk. Approximately 42% live in Crete's main ceeties an touns whilst 45% live in rural auries.[2]
Admeenistration
[eedit | eedit soorce]Crete wi its nearbi islands form the Crete Region (Greek: Περιφέρεια Κρήτης), ane o the 13 regions o Greece which wur established in the 1987 admeenistrative reform.[3] Wi the 2010 Kallikratis plan, the pouers an authority o the regions wur redefinit an extendit. The region is based at Heraklion an is dividit intae fower regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefecturs). Frae wast tae east thir are: Chania, Rethymno, Heraklion an Lasithi. Thir are faur subdividit intae 24 municipalities.
The region's govrenor is, syne 1 Januar 2011, Stavros Arnaoutakis, who wis electit in the November 2010 local admeenistration elections for the Panhellenic Socialist Muivement.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Ancient Crete Archived 2020-05-30 at the Wayback Machine Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics
- ↑ Crete, p.44, by Victoria Kyriakopoulos.
- ↑ Π.Δ. 51/87 "Καθορισμός των Περιφερειών της Χώρας για το σχεδιασμό κ.λ.π. της Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης" (Determination of the Regions of the Country for the planning etc. of the development of the Region, ΦΕΚ A 26/06.03.1987
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Crete The offeecial wabsteid o the Greek Naitional Tourism Organisation
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