Episkopi
Episkopi is a village on the Greek island of Crete. Episkopi belongs to the community of Kato Chorio within the municipality of Ierapetra, Lasithi. It lies north of Ierapetra in the middle of the narrowest part of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 307 residents
- Description: settlement and neighborhood Kato Chorio, Lasithi, Greece
- Also known as: “Episkopí” and “Episkopi, Lasithi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tower of Vainia.
Tower of Vainia
Tower
Photo: BasilioC, Public domain.
Tower of Vainia is situated 4 km south of Episkopi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vasiliki and Agios Ioannis.
Vasiliki
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vasiliki is the name of a village in the municipality of Ierapetra, in the prefecture of Lasithi, on Crete, and the name of the nearby Minoan archeological site. The site took its name from the village. Vasiliki is situated 3½ km north of Episkopi.
Agios Ioannis
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agios Ioannis is a village of Lasithi prefecture, in the municipality of Ierapetra, Crete, Greece. It lies 17 kilometers north-east of Ierapetra, 7 kilometers west of Schinokapsala, and 9 kilometers from the sea. Agios Ioannis is situated 4½ km east of Episkopi.
Koutsounari
Village
Koutsounari is a settlement of 437 inhabitants on the island of Crete, along the slope of the Sitia Mountains. It is located 8 kilometers east of Ierapetra and 43 kilometers southeast of Agios Nikolaos. Koutsounari is situated 6 km southeast of Episkopi.
Episkopi
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ierapetra, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.05741° or 35° 3′ 27″ northLongitude
25.79425° or 25° 47′ 39″ eastPopulation
307Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)Open location code
8G773Q4V+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 508051420OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
262657Wikidata ID
Q5383503
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Episkopi” goes by many names.
- German: “Episkopi”
- Greek: “Επισκοπή Λασιθίου”
- Greek: “Επισκοπή”
- Irish: “Episkopi”
- Russian: “Епископи”
- Turkish: “Piskopi”
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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 “Episkopi”. Photo: Kyrvas, CC BY 3.0.