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Chania (Greek: Χανιά, Khaniá, pronounced ⓘ), also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit.It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about 70 km (43 mi) west of Rethymno and 145 km (90 mi) west of Heraklion.
Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" (IATA: CHQ, ICAO: LGSA) is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the Akrotiri peninsula of the Greek island of Crete, serving the city of Chania, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away. It is a gateway to western Crete for an increasing number of tourists.
Chania is the regional unit of Crete that receives the most precipitation. The Exkursionsflora von Kreta by Jahn & Schoenfelder has a precipitation map and text confirming that in general, western Crete (Chania prefecture) has more precipitation than any other region on an average basis.
Crete was the center of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoans, from 2700 to 1420 BC. The Minoan civilization was overrun by the Mycenaean civilization from mainland Greece. Crete was later ruled by Rome, then successively by the Byzantine Empire, Andalusian Arabs, the Byzantine Empire again, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman ...
Akrotiri is a rocky promontory [4] on the northern side of the island of Crete, in the Sea of Crete. It is roughly circular in shape, connected to the rest of the island by a wide causeway between Chania and the town of Souda. To the south, Souda Bay is found between the peninsula and the island. Most of the peninsula is a plateau somewhat ...
Name Location Use ICAO IATA Coordinates Heraklion International Airport: Heraklion: Civil/Military LGIR HER Chania International Airport: Chania: Civil/Military
Agia Marina is a town on the island of Crete in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a community. [2] It has a population of 1,679 (2021 census) and covers an area of 5.324 km 2 (2.056 sq mi). [3] It is 10 km west from Chania.
Gavdos (Greek: Γαύδος, ) is the southernmost Greek island, located to the south of its much larger neighbour, Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the regional unit of Chania. It forms a community with surrounding islets and was part of the former Selino Province .
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