Pyrgos
Pyrgos is a village in Archanes-Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete and has about 951 residents. Pyrgos is situated nearby to the village Rotasi, as well as near the hamlet Doraki.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 951 residents
- Description: village in Heraklio regional unit, Greece
- Also known as: “Pírgos” and “Pyrgos, Asterousia”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charakas and Praetoria.
Charakas
Village
Charakas is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Asterousia on Crete, Greece with about 800 inhabitants. It is about 45 km south from Heraklion, which is the largest city of Crete. Charakas is situated 3 km west of Pyrgos.
Praetoria
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Praetoria is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Pyrgos.
Ethia
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ethia is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Pyrgos.
Pyrgos
- Category: locality
- Location: Archanes-Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.00844° or 35° 0′ 30″ northLongitude
25.15515° or 25° 9′ 19″ eastPopulation
951Elevation
282 metres (925 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR PYROpen location code
8G772554+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 1301833300OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Pyrgos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيرغوس، إراكليون”
- Arabic: “بيرغوس”
- Cebuano: “Pýrgos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پيرجوس”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قريه پيرجوس, اليونان”
- Finnish: “Pýrgos (Iraklion)”
- Finnish: “Pýrgos”
- French: “Pýrgos”
- German: “Pyrgos”
- Greek: “Pýrgos”
- Greek: “Πύργος Αστερουσίων Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Πύργος Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Πύργος Μονοφατσίου Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Πύργος Μονοφατσίου”
- Greek: “Πύργος”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pýrgos i Iráklio”
- Russian: “Пиргос”
- Swedish: “Pýrgos, Kreta”
- Swedish: “Pýrgos”
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