Heraklion
Facts
29 propertiesIdentity
- Official website
- www.heraklion.gr[29]
- Native label
- Ηράκλειο, Iràklio
- Official name
- Ηράκλειο[49]
Location
- Country
- Greece, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, Byzantine Empire, Emirate of Crete[3][4][5][6][7]
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 35.340°, 25.134°
- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- Heraklion Municipality[2]
Population and size
- Area
- +109.03
- Elevation above sea level
- +33
More facts +15
- Capital of
- Emirate of Crete, Crete Region, Heraklion Municipality, Heraklion Prefecture, Heraklion Regional Unit, Decentralized Administration of Crete, Crete[42][43][44][45][46][47][48]
- Demonym
- candioti
- Described by source
- Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Diccionario enciclopédico galego universal, Diciopedia do século 21, Encarta[34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
- Head of government
- Vasilis Labrinos, Q135184178[8]
- IPv4 routing prefix
- 147.52.0.0/16
- Number of viewers/listeners
- +732636
- Open data portal
- Heraklion Open Data
- Patron saint
- Menas of Egypt[23]
- Replaces
- Heracleium[41]
- Significant event
- Siege of Candia, Siege of Chandax[27][28]
- Start time
- 824[25]
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n81003348
- GND ID
- 4027652-1
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Panoramic of Heraklion.jpg ↗
- ArchINFORM location ID
- 3145
- BBC Things ID
- 027bcd43-9304-4b83-a32e-730443aceafb
- Biblissima authority ID
- Lohn
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf12005467
- Dewey Decimal Classification
- 2--4959
- Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
- 25167
Show all 62 identifiers +50
- ELSTAT geographical code
- 7101010001
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID
- 80f48371-e300-4ec5-81ce-a49a2431c02d
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
- 134207
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- place/Heraklion
- Encyclopædia Universalis ID
- heraclion
- FAST ID
- 1735689
- Facebook username
- heraklion.gr
- FactGrid item ID
- Agostino Bertani
- Freebase ID
- /m/0g87b
- GNS Unique Feature ID
- -818172
- GeoNames ID
- 261745
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- candia-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0014274
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Iraklio
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
- 2019676
- Hikr waypoint ID
- 122035
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
- 27806
- Instagram username
- municipalityofheraklion
- Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis ID
- 961
- Joconde location ID
- T84-3196
- Kulturenvanteri monument ID
- 212855
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
- 447
- Lex ID
- Iraklio
- Museum-digital place ID
- 12484
- MusicBrainz area ID
- 4f3c29d3-b1f9-476d-a71f-cdde6907a997
- NL CR AUT ID
- xx0035658
- National Library of Greece ID
- 5769
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007566729505171
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3915374
- OpenStreetMap node ID
- 29438069
- OpenWeatherMap city ID
- 8133920
- PACTOLS thesaurus ID
- pcrtd1T9dF1Qw8
- Pinakes city ID
- 257
- Quora topic ID
- Heraklion
- RKD thesaurus ID
- 18197
- SNARC ID
- January 20
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
- geografico/1202869
- TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
- kandiye
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID
- LP43BXG7NJCRBBDM6ZYEZCS4PE
- Topic's main category
- Category:Heraklion
- ToposText place ID
- 353251PHer
- Treccani ID
- candia
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
- candia
- TripAdvisor ID
- 189417
- Vikidia article ID
- fr:Héraklion
- Who's on First ID
- 101752339
- WikiKids ID
- Iraklion
- Yale LUX ID
- place/ce8f2735-da6e-465f-921b-6c7d8d8fe064
- YouTube channel ID
- UCBjzM0ZW12Z8bggEORo8oBQ
- YouTube handle
- cityofheraklion
People born here 87
People who died here 25
Located in this place 19
← Headquarters location 14
Contained subdivisions 11
Residents 8
← Capital 8
Capital of 7
← Twinned administrative body 6
Country 5
Twinned administrative body 5
Shares border with 4
← Primary destinations 4
Described by source 3
← Category combines topics 3
← Place of burial 3
Significant event 2
← Work location 2
Category for people born here 1
Category for people who died here 1
Category of associated people 1
Coat of arms 1
FactGrid item ID 1
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Located in time zone 1
Located in/on physical feature 1
Named after 1
Named after 1
Official language 1
Patron saint 1
SNARC ID 1
Topic's main category 1
← Category's main topic 1
← Place served by transport hub 1
← Port of registry 1
← SNARC ID 1
← Shipping port 1
← Type locality (biology) 1
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Summary
Heraklion is a big city[1].
Body
Physical Characteristics
Heraklion sits at an elevation of 33 m[50].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Heraklion include Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis"[51], an international airport[52], in Greece[53], founded in 1937[54].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Heraklion include Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis"[51], an international airport[52], in Greece[53], founded in 1937[54].
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evidence “Elounda sits 45 minutes from Heraklion Airport, tucked into one of Crete’s most exclusive corners, close to the fishing village of Plaka, the submerged ruins of Olous and the harbour towns lining the coast.” festivalsherpa.com · read source