Chania

Chania is a beautiful port town on the northwest coast of , with an atmosphere reflecting its Venetian and Turkish past. Highly livable spot.
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  • City with about 54,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code CHQ
  • Description: city in Crete, Greece
  • Also known as
    “Canea”
    “Haniá”
    “Hanya”
    “Kreta”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kydonia and Yiali Tzami.
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Archaeological site
, also known as Cydonia was an ancient city…
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The Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque, also known as the Yalı…
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Museum
The is a archaeology…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mournies and Souda.
Town
is a village in , in the regional unit of .
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Town
is a town and former municipality in the , , .
Village
is a village in , in the regional unit of .

Chania

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Latitude
35.5121° or 35° 30′ 44″ north
Longitude
24.0192° or 24° 1′ 9″ east
Open location code
8G76G269+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31376615
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
260114
Wiki­data ID
Q182299

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Chania” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hania”
  • Arabic: “خانيا”
  • Arabic: “خانية”
  • Arabic: “كانيا”
  • Arabic: “هانيا”
  • Aragonese: “Janiá”
  • Armenian: “Խանիա”
  • Armenian: “Խանյա”
  • Asturian: “La Canea”
  • Basque: “Kanea”
  • Belarusian: “Ханья”
  • Bengali: “হানিয়া”
  • Bulgarian: “Ханя”
  • Catalan: “Càndia”
  • Catalan: “Canea”
  • Catalan: “Hanià”
  • Catalan: “Khanià”
  • Catalan: “La Canea”
  • Cebuano: “Chaniá”
  • Chinese: “哈尼亚”
  • Chinese: “哈尼亞”
  • Chinese: “干尼亚”
  • Chinese: “干尼亞”
  • Croatian: “Hania”
  • Croatian: “Khania”
  • Czech: “Chania”
  • Danish: “Chania”
  • Dutch: “Chania”
  • Dutch: “Kydonia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خانيه”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥania”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥanio”
  • Estonian: “Chaniá”
  • Estonian: “Hania”
  • Finnish: “Canea”
  • Finnish: “Chaniá”
  • Finnish: “Hania”
  • Finnish: “Khania”
  • Finnish: “Kydonia”
  • French: “Canée”
  • French: “Chaniá”
  • French: “La Canée”
  • Georgian: “ხანია”
  • German: “Chaniá”
  • German: “Hania”
  • German: “Kanea”
  • Greek: “Chaniá”
  • Greek: “Χανιά”
  • Greek: “Χανίων”
  • Gujarati: “ચાનિયા”
  • Hebrew: “חאניה”
  • Hindi: “खानिया”
  • Hungarian: “Haniá”
  • Ido: “Hania”
  • Indonesian: “Chania”
  • Indonesian: “Khania”
  • Irish: “Chania”
  • Italian: “Canea”
  • Italian: “Chania”
  • Italian: “Hanià”
  • Italian: “La Canea”
  • Japanese: “カニア”
  • Japanese: “ハニア”
  • Kannada: “ಚೇನಿಯಾ”
  • Korean: “하니아”
  • Latin: “Chania”
  • Latin: “Cydonia”
  • Latvian: “Hanija”
  • Latvian: “Hanja”
  • Limburgan: “Chania”
  • Lithuanian: “Chania”
  • Lithuanian: “Chanija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Chania”
  • Macedonian: “Хања”
  • Malay: “Chania”
  • Marathi: “चेनीया”
  • Moksha: “Ханья”
  • Northern Frisian: “Chania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chaniá”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khaniá”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Canea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chanea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chaniá”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hanya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khanea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khaniá”
  • Norwegian: “Chania”
  • Norwegian: “Khaniá”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canèa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “La Canèa”
  • Persian: “خانیا”
  • Polish: “Canea”
  • Polish: “Chaniá”
  • Polish: “Hanía”
  • Polish: “Kanea”
  • Portuguese: “Caneia”
  • Portuguese: “Chanéia”
  • Portuguese: “Chaniá”
  • Portuguese: “Hania”
  • Portuguese: “Kidonia”
  • Portuguese: “Xania”
  • Romanian: “Chania”
  • Russian: “Канеа”
  • Russian: “Хания”
  • Russian: “Ханья”
  • Serbian: “Canea”
  • Serbian: “Hanija”
  • Serbian: “Χανιά”
  • Serbian: “Канија”
  • Serbian: “Ханија”
  • Serbian: “Хања”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kanija”
  • Sicilian: “Canea”
  • Silesian: “Chania”
  • Sinhala: “චනියා”
  • Slovak: “Chania”
  • Slovenian: “Chania”
  • Slovenian: “Haniá”
  • Slovenian: “Hanija”
  • Slovenian: “Khaniá”
  • Spanish: “Canea”
  • Spanish: “Chaniá”
  • Spanish: “Hania”
  • Spanish: “Janiá”
  • Spanish: “Kania”
  • Spanish: “La Canea”
  • Spanish: “Χανιά”
  • Swedish: “Chania”
  • Swedish: “Hánia”
  • Tamil: “சானியா”
  • Telugu: “చనీయా”
  • Thai: “คาเนีย”
  • Thai: “ชาเนีย”
  • Tumbuka: “Chania”
  • Turkish: “Chania”
  • Turkish: “Hania”
  • Turkish: “Hanya”
  • Ukrainian: “Ханья”
  • Urdu: “چانیا”
  • Urdu: “خانیا”
  • Venetian: “Canea”
  • Venetian: “La Canea”
  • Vietnamese: “Chania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Khania”
  • Western Armenian: “Խանիա”
  • Wu Chinese: “哈尼亚”
  • Yue Chinese: “哈尼亞”

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