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    Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι, literally "promontory") is a peninsula and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local...
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    Chania (Greek: Χανιά, Khaniá, pronounced [xaˈɲa] ), also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit...
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    Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" (IATA: CHQ, ICAO: LGSA) is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the Akrotiri peninsula of the...
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    (Greek: Σταυρός, Stavrós) is a village and beach in the Akrotiri district of the city of Chania, Crete, Greece and had a population of 543 (2021). It is...
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    Chania (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Χανίων), also spelled Hania, is one of the four regional units of Crete; it covers the westernmost quarter of the island...
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    the Gulf of Chania is the promontory known as the Akrotiri Peninsula. In prehistory the powerful city of Kydonia commanded the Gulf of Chania and was a...
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    Souda Bay (category Landforms of Chania (regional unit))
    relatively low and narrow isthmus in the west near Chania. Near the mouth of Souda bay, between the Akrotiri and the town of Kalives, there is a group of small...
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  • The biggest public cemetery of Greece. Located east of Thessaloniki. Akrotiri, Chania, Crete – Venizelos' tombs. Burial site of the politician Eleftherios...
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  • L. Thessaloniki teams Apollon P. Iraklis 1908 Makedonikos PAOK B Athens Chania Episkopi Irodotos Kalamata OFI Olympiacos B Proodeftiki Panachaiki Athens...
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    Gramvousa peninsula, gulf of Kissamos, Rodopos peninsula, gulf of Chania, Akrotiri peninsula, Souda Bay, Apokoronas cape, gulf of Almiros, gulf of Heraklion...
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  • Kounoupidiana (category Populated places in Chania (regional unit))
    municipal unit of Akrotiri and the largest town on that peninsula with a population of 9,213 (in 2021). It is 8 km northeast of the city of Chania and has become...
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  • Mouzouras (category Populated places in Chania (regional unit))
    (Greek: Μουζουράς) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Akrotiri, Chania regional unit, on the island of Crete, Greece. The community consists...
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    Agia Triada Monastery (category Buildings and structures in Chania (regional unit))
    Agia Triada Tsangarolon is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the Akrotiri peninsula in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. It also contains a museum. The...
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    Gouverneto Monastery (category Buildings and structures in Chania (regional unit))
    Orthodox monastery on the Akrotiri peninsula of the Chania regional unit of Crete, Greece. It is located about 30 kilometres from Chania, and is about 5 kilometres...
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    Eleftherios Venizelos (category People from Chania (regional unit))
    died. He was buried on a hill at the beginning of Akrotiri in Crete at the eastern outskirts of Chania city, near the place where he was born. The Venizelos...
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    "I saw Chania in flames. It was set on fire by the Muslims who thus triggered the great revolt."  Venizelos organized a camp in the Akrotiri peninsula...
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  • Agios Athanasios Chalkidona Koufalia Chania Χανιά (Δήμος Χανίων) 351.0 108,642 310 Chania Crete Akrotiri Chania Eleftherios Venizelos Keramia Nea Kydonia...
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  • Aghios Ioannis Erimitis, Akrotiri Peninsula, Prefecture of Chania, Crete Cave of Aghios Mamas, Elafonisi Isl, Prefecture of Chania, Crete Cave of Aghia Sophia...
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  • Island, an island in the bay of the same name Chania International Airport, an airport on the Akrotiri peninsula near Souda Bay Souda, Senegal, a village...
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    Souda (category Populated places in Chania (regional unit))
    municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a...
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    Aptera (Greece) (category Populated places in Chania (regional unit))
    southern shore of Souda Bay, about 13 km east of the city of Chania in the municipality of Chania. It is mentioned (A-pa-ta-wa) in Linear B tablets from the...
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    Antonis Koniaris (category Basketball players from Chania)
    basketball during primary school, in 2006, after joining a local team in Akrotiri, Chania. Koniaris began his pro career in 2013, after he signed with the Greek...
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    Middle Pleistocene. The type locality is Cape Malekas on the Akrotiri peninsula northeast of Chania, which probably dates to the Early Pleistocene or early...
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  • featured include the city of Chania, the village of Kokkino Chorio in the Apokoronas region and Stavros Beach in the Akrotiri peninsula. The scene in which...
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  • champion AO Agios Nikolaos Agios Nikolaos Lasithi FCA champion Rethymniakos Rethymno Rethymno FCA champion Panakrotiriakos Akrotiri Chania FCA champion...
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    Explosivity Index. While the eruption destroyed Cycladic settlements such as Akrotiri and led to the abandonment of some sites in northeast Crete, other Minoan...
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    safely in Akrotiri, where her crew was engaged by a British Army patrol and took heavy casualties. Of the German soldiers who landed at Akrotiri, only one...
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  • a panoramic site in the peninsula of Akrotiri and covers an area of 750 acres (3.0 km2), 7 km northeast of Chania and 1 km from Kounoupidiana. Library...
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  • Cephalonia List of settlements in Chalkidiki List of settlements in the Chania regional unit List of settlements in the Chios regional unit List of settlements...
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    authorities of corruption and sent the report to Chania for dispatch to Venice. The authorities at Chania imprisoned the Sfakian who brought the report and...
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