Heraklion regional unit

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Heraklion regional unit is an administrative region on the island of Crete in Greece, centered around the city of Heraklion and known for its rich Minoan archaeological heritage and diverse mountainous landscapes.

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Label Occurrences
Heraklion regional unit canonical 17

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
regional unit
administrativeCenter Heraklion
capital Heraklion
containsAirport Nikos Kazantzakis Airport
surface form: Heraklion International Airport
containsArchaeologicalSite Agia Triada
Gortyna
Knossos
Malia Palace
Phaistos
containsCity Heraklion
containsMountainRange Asterousia Mountains
Psiloritis mountain range
surface form: Psiloritis Massif
containsMunicipality Archanes-Asterousia municipality
Festos municipality
Gortyn municipality
Municipality of Heraklion
surface form: Heraklion municipality

Hersonissos municipality
Malevizi municipality
Minoa Pediada municipality
Viannos municipality
containsPort Port of Heraklion
surface form: Heraklion Port
containsTown Ano Viannos
Archanes
Hersonissos
Malia
Timbaki
surface form: Tympaki
containsValley Mesara Plain
surface form: Messara Plain
country Greece
countrySubdivisionOf Greece
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasCoastlineOn Libyan Sea
Sea of Crete
knownFor Minoan archaeological heritage
diverse mountainous landscapes
languageUsed Greek
locatedIn Crete
locatedInContinent Europe
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time
locatedOnIsland Crete
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
tourism
partOf Crete
surface form: Region of Crete
partOfNUTSRegion Crete NUTS 2 region
produces olive oil
wine
usesTimeZone EEST
EET
vehicleRegistrationCode HK

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Mount Ida isHighestPointOf Heraklion regional unit
Malia region Heraklion regional unit
Rethymno regional unit borders Heraklion regional unit
Dikti Mountains locatedNear Heraklion regional unit
Municipality of Heraklion partOf Heraklion regional unit
Port of Heraklion partOf Heraklion regional unit
Heraklion Archaeological Museum locatedIn Heraklion regional unit
HK usedInRegion Heraklion regional unit
HK countrySubdivision Heraklion regional unit
Historical Museum of Crete locatedIn Heraklion regional unit
Psiloritis mountain range locatedIn Heraklion regional unit
Mesara Plain locatedIn Heraklion regional unit
Timbaki locatedIn Heraklion regional unit
Agia Triada locatedIn Heraklion regional unit
Malia (modern town) partOf Heraklion regional unit
Eastern Crete contains Heraklion regional unit