Siteia
Siteia is a locality in Lasithi, Crete. Siteia is situated near the village Katsidonio, as well as near the locality Kato Drys.- Type: Locality with 27,700 residents
- Description: municipality in Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Dímos Siteías”, “Municipality of Sitia”, “Municipio de Sitía”, “Sitía”, and “Sitia Municipality”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Praisos and Karýdi.
Praisos
Locality
Praesus or Praisos, also Prasus or Prasos, was a Greek city in ancient Crete. Praisos is situated 3½ km southwest of Siteia.
Karýdi
Village
Karydi, officially Καρύδιον, is a village in the… Karýdi is situated 4 km east of Siteia.
Siteia
- Category: municipality of Greece
- Location: Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.1396° or 35° 8′ 23″ north
Longitude
26.126° or 26° 7′ 34″ east
Population
27,700
Elevation
581 metres (1,906 feet)
Open location code
8G7844QG+RC
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Siteia” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sitia”
- Cebuano: “Dimos Siteia”
- French: “dème de Sitía”
- French: “Dème de Sitía”
- Greek: “Δήμος Σητείας”
- Greek: “Σητείας”
- Ido: “Municipo Sitia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sitia kommune”
- Polish: “Sitia”
- Portuguese: “Siteía”
- Russian: “Сития”
- Spanish: “municipio de Siteia”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Siteia”
- Swedish: “Dimos Siteia”
- Turkish: “İstiye belediyesi”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Sitia”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Katsidonio and Epáno Drys.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Briniás and Chalavrás.
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Worth a closer look: Agios Nikolaos and Sitia.
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