Ierapetra
Ierapetra is a city in Crete. Having the distinction of being the southernmost city facing the African coast, Ierapetra enjoys the smoothest, almost rainless weather in Europe, with a temperature that rarely drops below 12 °C all year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 12,400 residents
- Description: town in the southeast of Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Gerapetro”, “Hierapetra”, “Hierapytna”, “Ierapitna”, “Kasteli”, and “Yirápetra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortress of Kales and Ierapetra Mosque.
Ierapetra Mosque
Mosque
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mosque of Ierapetra, formerly known as the Hamidiye Mosque, is a former mosque located in the town of Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece. Built in c. 1892, during the Ottoman era, the mosque was abandoned during the 1910s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gra Lygia and Makrilia.
Gra Lygia
Village
Gra Lygia is located approximately 4 km west of Ierapetra center. Its residents are called "GraLighiotes". They are occupied mainly in the agriculture sector; this is the main source of income for the residents and their income per capita is one of the highest in the region. Gra Lygia is situated 4½ km west of Ierapetra.
Makrilia
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Makrilia is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Ierapetra.
Ierapetra
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.0081° or 35° 0′ 29″ northLongitude
25.7391° or 25° 44′ 21″ eastPopulation
12,400Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR IEROpen location code
8G772P5Q+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 5142797413OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ierapetra” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيرابترا”
- Arabic: “إيرابيترا، لاسيثي”
- Arabic: “إيرابيترا”
- Armenian: “Իերապետրա”
- Bulgarian: “Йерапетра”
- Catalan: “Hieràpitna”
- Catalan: “Hierapytna”
- Catalan: “Ieràpetra”
- Cebuano: “Ierápetra”
- Chinese: “耶拉彼得拉”
- Chinese: “耶拉派特拉”
- Danish: “Ierapetra”
- Danish: “Lerapetra”
- Dutch: “Ierapetra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايرابترا”
- Finnish: “Hierapytna”
- Finnish: “Ierapetra”
- Finnish: “Ierápetra”
- French: “Hierápytna”
- French: “Ierapetra”
- French: “Ierápetra”
- German: “Ierapetra”
- German: “Ierápetra”
- Greek: “Γεράπετρος”
- Greek: “Ιεράπετρα”
- Greek: “Ἱεράπετρα”
- Greek: “Ιεράπυτνα”
- Hungarian: “Jerápetra”
- Hungarian: “Lerapetra”
- Irish: “Ierapetra”
- Italian: “Ierapetra”
- Japanese: “イエラペトラ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ierápetra”
- Polish: “Hierapydna”
- Polish: “Ierapetra”
- Polish: “Ierápetra”
- Polish: “Jerapetra”
- Portuguese: “Ierapetra”
- Portuguese: “Ierápetra”
- Romanian: “Ierapetra”
- Russian: “Иерапетра”
- Serbian: “Jerapetra”
- Serbian: “Ιεράπετρα”
- Serbian: “Јерапетра”
- Slovenian: “Ierapetra”
- Spanish: “Hierapytna”
- Spanish: “Ierapetra”
- Spanish: “Ierápetra”
- Spanish: “Yerápetra”
- Swedish: “Ierapetra”
- Turkish: “Yerapetra”
- Ukrainian: “Ієрапетра”
- Urdu: “ایراپیترا”
- Vietnamese: “Ierapetra”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Ierapetra”. Photo: Kyrvas, CC BY 3.0.