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.
- Town with 12,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 9 metres (30 feet)
- Description: town in the southeast of Crete, Greece
- Also known as“Gerapetro”“Hierapetra”“Hierapytna”“Ierapitna”“Kasteli”“Yirápetra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortress of Kales and Ierapetra Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gra Lygia and Makrylia.
Makrylia
Village
Makrylia is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Ierapetra.
Ierapetra
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Latitude
35.0081° or 35° 0′ 29″ north
Longitude
25.7391° or 25° 44′ 21″ east
UN/LOCODE
GR IER
Open location code
8G772P5Q+6J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ierapetra” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيرابترا”
- Arabic: “إيرابيترا، لاسيثي”
- Arabic: “إيرابيترا”
- Aragonese: “Ierapetra”
- Armenian: “Իերապետրա”
- Asturian: “Ierapetra”
- 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”
- Hindi: “येरापेत्रा”
- 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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