Makry Gialos
Makry Gialos is a former municipality in Lasithi, Crete, Greece, with a population 2,589 in 2021. It is located on the south-east coast of Crete. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ierapetra, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 760 residents
- Description: subdivision of Ierapetra Municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Makrygialos” and “Makrys Gialos Municipal Unit”
- Historically known as: “Makrigialos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Minoan villa of Makrygialos and Castle of Agios Stefanos.
Minoan villa of Makrygialos
Archaeological site
Minoan villa of Makrygialos is an archaeological site.
Castle of Agios Stefanos
Castle
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castle of Agios Stefanos is situated 4 km north of Makry Gialos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Makrigialos and Analipsi.
Analipsi
Village
Photo: Upp75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Analipsi is a village and a municipal unit of the municipality Siteia in the Lasithi regional unit, eastern Crete, Greece. The municipal unit was established in 2014 from the four communities Chrysopigi, Lithines, Perivolakia and Pefkoi, which had been part of the municipality Ierapetra before 2011.
Koutsouras
Village
Koutsouras is a village in Lasithi regional unit, in Crete, Greece 22 kilometers east of Ierapetra. Its population is 818. It was the headquarters of the municipality of Makry Gialos and is the biggest village in the region.
Makry Gialos
- Categories: municipal unit of Greece and former municipality of Greece
- Location: Ierapetra, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Makry Gialos” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մակրի Յալոս (դիմոս)”
- Armenian: “Մակրի Յալոս”
- Bulgarian: “Макри Ялос”
- Catalan: “Makrí Gialós”
- Catalan: “Makrigialos”
- Catalan: “Makrygialos”
- Cebuano: “Makry-Gialos”
- Dutch: “Makry Gialos”
- Finnish: “Makrý Gialós”
- French: “Makrý Gialós”
- French: “Makrý Yialós”
- German: “Makrigialos”
- Greek: “Δήμος Μακρύ Γιαλού”
- Greek: “δημοτική ενότητα Μακρύ Γιαλού”
- Greek: “Μακρύ Γιαλός”
- Greek: “Μακρύ-Γιαλός”
- Greek: “Μακρυγιαλός”
- Italian: “Makrys Gialos”
- Japanese: “マクリ・ギアロス”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Makrý Jalós”
- Russian: “Макри-Ялос”
- Russian: “Макри-Ялу”
- Spanish: “Makrí Gialós”
- Swedish: “Makry-Gialos”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Limanaki Makry-Gialou and Limanaki Beach.
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