Agios Georgios

Agios Georgios is a village in the in the island of , and also a municipal unit. Agios Georgios lies at an altitude of 840 metres.
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  • Type: Village with 490 residents
  • Description: village in Oropedio Lasithi, Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Agios Georgios, Lasithi” and “Agios Georgios, Oropedio Lasithi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lasithi Plateau and Dhiktean Cave.

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The is a high endorheic plateau, located in the regional unit in eastern , . Since the 1997 Kapodistrias reform, it is a municipality whose seat is Tzermiado and the second biggest village is Agios Georgios.

Cave
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Psychro Cave is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in the in the district of eastern . Around the beginning of 20th century, several scholars identified Psychro with Dikte, a name used by some ancient authors to refer to the location of Zeus's upbringing. is situated 3½ km west of Agios Georgios.

Cave
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Trapeza, Crete is a Neolithic and Bronze Age sacred cave on the island of in . Some of the Bronze Age pottery finds at Trapeza are similar to specimens recovered at and . is situated 3½ km north of Agios Georgios.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avrakondes and Psichro.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Agios Georgios.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Agios Georgios.

Agios Georgios

Latitude
35.16656° or 35° 9′ 60″ north
Longitude
25.48389° or 25° 29′ 2″ east
Population
490
Elevation
834 metres (2,736 feet)
Open location code
8G775F8M+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 266912174
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
263675
Wiki­data ID
Q12872120
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Uzbek—“Agios Georgios” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اجيوس جيورجيوس لاسيثى كريتى”
  • Finnish: “Ágios Geórgios”
  • French: “Ágios Geórgios (plateau du Lassíthi)”
  • French: “Ágios Geórgios”
  • German: “Agios Georgios Lassithi Kreta”
  • German: “Agios Georgios”
  • German: “Άγιος Γεώργιος Λασιθίου”
  • Greek: “Ágios Geórgios”
  • Greek: “Áyios Yeóryios”
  • Greek: “Άγιος Γεώργιος Λασιθίου”
  • Greek: “Άγιος Γεώργιος Οροπεδίου Λασιθίου”
  • Greek: “Άγιος Γεώργιος”
  • Russian: “Агиос-Георгиос”
  • Russian: “Айос-Георгиос”
  • Russian: “Айос-Еорьос”
  • Uzbek: “Agios Georgios”

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