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Crete

Island of Greece

Placeisland traditional geographic divisions of GreeceQ34374

Also known as Candia

Country: Greece(since 1913)
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1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2018-08-06
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, Cretan State(1897–1913)
, Ottoman Empire(1669–1897)
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Located in: Crete Region(since 1986)
Area: 8,335.88 km²
Elevation: 2,456 m
Population: 623,065(2011)
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1.Stated in Greek census 2011
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Overview

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Crete is the largest and most populous island of Greece, the 89th largest island in the world, and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete is located approximately 100 km (62 mi) south of the Peloponnese, and about 300 km (190 mi) southwest of Anatolia. Crete has an area of 8,450 km2 (3,260 mi2) and a coastline of 1,046 km (650 mi). It bounds the southern border of the Aegean Sea, with the Sea of Crete to the north and the Libyan Sea to the south. Crete covers 260 km from west to east but is narrow from north to south, spanning three degrees of longitude but only half a degree of latitude.

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137 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Highest point: Mount Ida
Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea
Sea of Crete
Libyan Sea
Native label: Κρήτη
Width: 60 km
Length: 254 km
Local dialing code: 2821
Different from: Crete Region
Public Education and Studies Registration Basic System
Cretaceous
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Location: Aegean Sea
Economy of topic: economy of Crete
Related category: Category:Crete-related lists category contains: Wikimedia list article
Significant event: Mycenaean conquest of Crete(-1450)
Demonym: cretesi applies to part: masculine plural
Capital: Heraklion
Mains voltage: 230 V frequency: 50 Hz
Time zone: UTC+02:00 valid in period: standard time
UTC+03:00 valid in period: daylight saving time

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98 identifiers linking Crete across the web's reference databases

35.3097, 24.8933OpenStreetMap ↗

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