Tympaki
Tympaki is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is part of the municipality of Faistos, of which it is a municipal unit, the unit has an area of 157.122 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,290 residents
- Description: town in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Dhiváki”, “Timbákion”, “Tybaki”, “Tymbaki”, and “Tympákion”
- Postal code: 702 00
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hagia Triada and Kamilari.
Hagia Triada
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hagia Triada, is a Minoan archaeological site in Crete. The site includes the remains of an extensive settlement noted for its monumental NeoPalatial and PostPalatial period buildings especially the large Royal Villa. Hagia Triada is situated 2½ km southeast of Tympaki.
Kamilari
Archaeological site
Photo: Stegop, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kamilari is a village on the island of Crete, Greece. There is an archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery nearby, the Kamilari Minoan Tholos tomb and a Roman graveyard at the slopes of the Ovgora hill. Kamilari is situated 3½ km southeast of Tympaki.
Museum of Cretan Ethnology
Museum
Photo: JopkeB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Cretan Ethnology is a museum in Voroi, in the municipal unit of Faistos, Heraklion regional unit, southern Crete, Greece. Established as an institution in 1973, the museum was built under the French architect Georges Henri Rivière, the creator… Museum of Cretan Ethnology is situated 4 km east of Tympaki.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Voroi and Pitsidia.
Voroi
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Voroi is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Tympaki.
Pitsidia
Village
Photo: Rob de Vries, CC BY 2.0.
Pitsidia is a village, which is situated 6 km south of Tympaki.
Sivas
Village
Photo: Rob de Vries, CC BY 2.0.
Sivas is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of Tympaki.
Tympaki
Latitude
35.07219° or 35° 4′ 20″ northLongitude
24.76943° or 24° 46′ 10″ eastPopulation
5,290Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
8G763QC9+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1750875260OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
252862Wikidata ID
Q2462767
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Tympaki” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تيمباكيون، إراكليون”
- Arabic: “تيمباكيون”
- Asturian: “Tympaki”
- Catalan: “Timbaki”
- Cebuano: “Tympáki”
- Dutch: “Timbaki”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تيمباكيون”
- Finnish: “Tymbaki”
- Finnish: “Tympáki”
- French: “Tymbaki”
- French: “Tymbáki”
- German: “Tymbaki (Stadt)”
- German: “Tymbaki”
- Greek: “Τυμπάκι Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Τυμπάκι”
- Greek: “Τυμπάκιον”
- Italian: “Timbaki”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tymbáki”
- Persian: “تیمپاکی”
- Russian: “Тимбаки”
- Russian: “Тимбакион”
- Swedish: “Tympáki”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tympaki”. Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.