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Lasithi Regional Unit
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Lasithi () is the easternmost regional unit on the island of Crete, to the east of Heraklion. Its capital is Agios Nikolaos, the other major towns being Ierapetra and Sitia. The mountains include the Dikti in the west (reaching 2,148 metres) and the Thrypti in the east (reaching 1,476 metres). The Sea of Crete lies to the north and the Libyan Sea to the south.
Key facts
- Greece place.name
- Lasithi
- Greece place.name_local
- Περιφερειακή ενότηταΛασιθίου
- Greece place.type
- regional unit
- Greece place.image_skyline
- 2010 Dimi Lasithiou numbered.svg
- Greece place.caption_skyline
- Municipalities of Lasithi
- Greece place.image_map
- Nomos Lasithiou.png
- Greece place.map_caption
- Lasithi within Greece
- Greece place.periph
- Crete
- Greece place.seat
- Agios Nikolaos
- Greece place.area
- 1823
- Greece place.population
- 77819
- Greece place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greece place.postal_code
- 72x xx
- Greece place.area_code
- 284x0
- Greece place.licence
- ΑΝ
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Prefecture
- Provinces
- Transport
- See also
- References
- External links
Lasithi () is the easternmost regional unit on the island of Crete, to the east of Heraklion. Its capital is Agios Nikolaos, the other major towns being Ierapetra and Sitia. The mountains include the Dikti in the west (reaching 2,148 metres) and the Thrypti in the east (reaching 1,476 metres). The Sea of Crete lies to the north and the Libyan Sea to the south.
To the east of the village of Elounda lies the island of Spinalonga, formerly a Venetian fortress and a leper colony. On the foot of Mount Dikti lies the Lasithi Plateau, famous for its windmills. Vai is well known for its datepalm forest.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lasithi Regional Unit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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