Lasithi
Lasithi is the easternmost regional unit on the island of Crete, to the east of Heraklion. Its capital is Agios Nikolaos, the other major towns being Ierapetra and Sitia.
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Lasithi
- Type: prefecture of Greece with 84,600 residents
- Description: regional unit of Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “GR-92”, “Lashiti”, “Lasithi (regionální jednotka)”, “Lasithi Prefecture”, “Lasithi Regional Unit”, “Lasithin lääni”, “Lasithin maakunta”, “Lasithin prefektuuri”, “Lasíthin prefektuuri”, “Laşiti”, “Lasizi”, “Lassithin prefektuuri”, “Lassithion”, “nome de Lassíthi”, “Nomos Lasithiou”, “Nomos Lasiti”, “Perifereiakí Enótita Lasithíou”, “Prefectura de Lasithi”, “Prefectura de Lassithi”, “Unidad periferica de Lasithi”, “Unidad Periférica de Lasithi”, “Unidad Regional de Lasithi”, “Ласіті”, “Префектура Ласити”, “ლასიტი”, “لاسیتھی پریفیکچر”, “라시티”, “라시티 현”, and “ラシティ”
- Category: regional unit of Greece
- Location: Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of center
35.0833° or 35° 5′ north
Longitude of center
25.8333° or 25° 50′ east
Population
84,600
Elevation
406 metres (1,332 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Lasithi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لاسيثي”
- Armenian: “Լեսիթիոն”
- Basque: “Lasiti”
- Bulgarian: “Ласити”
- Catalan: “unitat perifèrica de Lassithi”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica de Lassithi”
- Cebuano: “Nomós Lasithíou”
- Chinese: “拉西錫專區”
- Chinese: “拉西锡专区”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Lasiti”
- Czech: “Lasithi”
- Czech: “Prefektura Lasithi”
- Danish: “Lasithi”
- Dutch: “Lassithi”
- Esperanto: “Lasitio”
- Estonian: “Lasíthi piirkonnaüksus”
- Finnish: “Lasíthi”
- Finnish: “Lasíthin alueyksikkö”
- French: “district régional de Lassíthi”
- French: “Lassithi”
- French: “Lassíthi”
- Georgian: “ლასითი”
- Georgian: “ლასითის ნომი”
- German: “Lasithi”
- Greek: “Λασίθι”
- Greek: “Νομός Λασιθίου”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Λασιθίου”
- Indonesian: “Lasithi”
- Italian: “Lasithi”
- Japanese: “ラシティ県”
- Korean: “라시티 지구”
- Korean: “라시티현”
- Latin: “Lasithium”
- Limburgan: “Lassithi”
- Maltese: “Unità Reġjonali ta‘ Lasithi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lasithi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lasíthi”
- Norwegian: “Lasithi”
- Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Lasiti”
- Portuguese: “Lasíti”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Lasithi”
- Russian: “Ласитион”
- Serbian: “Lasiti”
- Serbian: “Ласити”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Lasiti”
- Slovak: “Lasithi”
- Slovenian: “Regionalna enota Lasiti”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica de Lasithi”
- Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Lasithi”
- Swedish: “Lasithi”
- Turkish: “Laşit ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Laşit”
- Ukrainian: “Ласітіон”
- Urdu: “لاسیتھی”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lasithi”
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