Asi Gonia
Asi Gonia is a mountainous village and a former community in the eastern part of the Chania regional unit in Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Apokoronas, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 456 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Asigonia” and “Asigonía”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Myriokefala and Kallikratis.
Myriokefala
Village
Photo: Aeleftherios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Myriokefala is a local community of the Rethymno Municipality in the Rethymno of the region of Crete established by Kallikratis reform. Previously, it was part of municipality of Lappa. Capital of the new municipality is Rethymno. Myriokefala is situated 3 km southeast of Asi Gonia.
Kallikratis
Hamlet
Photo: Lourakis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kallikratis is a small village belonging to the municipality of Sfakia, in southwest Crete, Greece. According to tradition, it was named after the admiral Manoussos Kallikratis, who in March 1453 led a campaign to reinforce the defense of Constantinople with 5 ships and 1500 Cretan volunteers. Kallikratis is situated 4 km southwest of Asi Gonia.
Kournas
Village
Photo: Aeleftherios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kournas is a mountainous village and a community of the Municipality of Apokoronas, Chania, on the Greek island of Crete. It has a population of 1,038 citizens. Kournas is situated 4½ km north of Asi Gonia.
Asi Gonia
- Category: locality
- Location: Apokoronas, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.27406° or 35° 16′ 27″ northLongitude
24.2841° or 24° 17′ 3″ eastPopulation
456Elevation
403 metres (1,322 feet)Open location code
8G7677FM+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 745808201OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
264502Wikidata ID
Q2276871
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Asi Gonia” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Аси Гония”
- Catalan: “Así Gonià”
- Catalan: “Assí Gonià”
- Dutch: “Asi Gonia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسى جونيا”
- Finnish: “Así Goniá”
- French: “Así Goniá”
- German: “Asi Gonia”
- Greek: “Aσή Γωvιά”
- Greek: “Ασή Γωνιά Χανίων”
- Greek: “Ασή Γωνιά”
- Greek: “Κοινότητα Ασή Γωνιάς”
- Italian: “Asi Gonia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Así Goniá”
- Russian: “Аси Гония”
- Russian: “Аси-Гонья”
- Turkish: “Asi Gonia”
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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 “Asi Gonia”. Photo: Sergio Alvarez, CC BY-SA 2.0.