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Crete

Crete (/kriːt/ KREET) 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.

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Location
Eastern Mediterranean
Area
8,450 km2 (3,260 sq mi)
Area rank
88
Capital city
Heraklion
Demonym
Cretan, archaic Cretian
Ethnic groups
Greeks

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related to General and cited sources · 63
Crete → Alexander, Anna Kouremenos, Arkadi, Association, Athens, Brill, Byzantine State, Byzantium, California, Canard, Ch, Civilization, Encyclopædia Britannica, Francis, Giorgos, Greek, Greek Civil War, Gregory, History, II
related to Notable people · 60
Crete → Alexander, American, Anogeia, AnogeiaAntonis Xylouris, Applied Mathematics, Asi GoniaJohn Aniston, Brown UniversityTess Fragoulis, Candia, Chania, Chania PrefectureNikos Kazantzakis, ChaniaGeorgos Kalaitzakis, ChaniaNikos Xylouris, Cretan, CreteConstantinos Daskalakis, CreteEleni Daniilidou, Dandolos, Daskalogiannis, El Greco, Eleftherios Venizelos, George Psychoundakis
related to Civil War · 41
Crete → An, Athens, By, Chania, Chrysopigi, Cretan, Cretan DSE, Cretan ELAS, Cretan KKE Giorgos Tsitilos, Dekemvriana, Democratic Army, Dikti, DSE, DSE's, Encouraged, EOR, Greece, Greek, Greek Civil War, Heraklion
related to Mythology · 41
Crete → According, After, Apollo, Aptera, Artemis, Athena, Cretan, Daedalus, Dia, Diktaean Cave, Elysian, Europa, Gortys, Greek, Hades, Heracles, Icarus, King Minos, Knossos, Lake Voulismeni
related to Gorges, rivers and lakes · 31
Crete → Aghios Nikolaos, Almiros, Anapodiaris, Aposelemis Dam, Chania, Dead, Exo Mouliana, Geropotamos River, Giofyros, Gorge, Ha Gorge, Imbros Gorge, Kato Zakros, Keritis, Koiliaris, Kourtaliotiko Gorge, Lake Agia, Lake Kournas, Lake Voulismeni, Lasithi
related to Cretan State and union with Greece · 30
Crete → Admirals, As, Austro-Hungary, British, Candia, Cretan, Cretan Christians, Cretan State, December, During, February, Following, France, Germany, Great Britain, Great Powers, Greece, Heraklion, High Commissioner, In March
related to history · 29
Crete → After, BC, BCE, Bronze Age, Byzantine Empire, Cretan, Emirate, Gortyn, Greece, Greek, In, It, Kephala, Kingdom, Knossos, Magasa, Minoan, Minoans, Nazi Germany, Neolithic
related to Arab rule · 26
Crete → Abd, Abu Hafs, Andalusian Muwallads, Anemas, Arab, Aziz, Byzantine, Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Constantinople, Emirate, Further Byzantine, In, Kouroupas, Metanoeite, Muslim, Muslims, Nikephoros Phokas, Nikon, Numan
related to Island morphology · 26
Crete → Aforesmenos, Akrotiri, Almiros, Apokoronas, Cape Lithinon, Carpathian Sea, Chania, Gramvousa, Greek, Gulf, Heraklion, Ierapetra, It, Kissamos, Libyan Sea, Messaras, Mirabello, Myrtoan Sea, On, Rodopos
related to Roman rule · 26
Crete → AD, Archaeological, BC, Constantine, Creta, Creticus, Cyrenaica, Cyrene, Empire, Gortyn, Greek, Hadrian, Hierapytna, In, Lyttos, Macedonia, Marcus Antonius Creticus, Metellus, Mithridatic Wars, Moesia

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island greek greece heraklion cretan chania include south minoan ottoman rethymno war rule city sitia venetian mediterranean knossos sea also

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CreteArea8,450 km2 (3,260 sq mi)1.00infobox
CreteArea rank881.00infobox
CreteCapital cityHeraklion1.00infobox
CreteCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
CreteDemonymCretan, archaic Cretian1.00infobox
CreteEthnic groupsGreeks1.00infobox
CreteHighest elevation2,456 m (8058 ft)1.00infobox
CreteHighest pointMount Ida (Psiloritis)1.00infobox
CreteISO codeGR-M1.00infobox
CreteLargest settlementHeraklion (pop. 144,442)1.00infobox
CreteLocationEastern Mediterranean1.00infobox
CretePop. density74.9/km2 (194/sq mi)1.00infobox
CretePopulation624,408 (2021)1.00infobox
CretePopulation rank731.00infobox
CreteRegionCrete1.00infobox
CreteTime zoneGMT +31.00infobox
Creteis aGulf of Messaras and Cape Lithinon.Mountains and valleys Crete is mountainous0.90text
Creteis aGulf of Messaras and Cape Lithinon0.90text
Creteis aregion in Greece with the fifth highest GDP per capita.Transport infrastructureAirportsThe island has three significant airports0.90text
Creteis aregion in Greece with the fifth highest GDP per capita0.90text
Creteis alargest insular one of the species in the world and consists of the majority of the griffon vulture population in Greece.Reptiles and amphibiansTortoises can be seen throughout…0.90text
Creteis alargest insular one of the species in the world and consists of the majority of the griffon vulture population in Greece0.90text

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