Malia

Malia is in , 34 km east of , the Cretan capital city. It is one of six Minoan Palatial Centres to be listed as a world heritage site.
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  • Type: Town with 3,220 residents
  • Description: town in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Malia, Crete”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Malia Palace.

Archaeological site
Photo: Marsyas, CC BY 2.5.
Malia is a Minoan and Mycenaean archaeological site located on the northern coast of in the area. It is about 35 kilometers east of the ancient site of and 40 kilometers east of the modern city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stalida and Mochos.

Village
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is a village that lies between Malia and on the north coast of , Greece. The name derives from the Greek verb stalizo, which means 'stop for a rest' as this was a location where shepherds and farms rested in between villages.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Malia.

Malia

Latitude
35.2827° or 35° 16′ 58″ north
Longitude
25.4629° or 25° 27′ 47″ east
Population
3,220
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR GAO
Open location code
8G777FM7+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5211405801
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
257859
Wiki­data ID
Q284463
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Malia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماليا، إراكليون”
  • Arabic: “ماليا”
  • Armenian: “Մալիա”
  • Asturian: “Malia”
  • Belarusian: “Малія”
  • Catalan: “Màlia”
  • Cebuano: “Mália”
  • Chinese: “馬利亞 (克里特)”
  • Chinese: “馬里亞(克里特)”
  • Chinese: “马利亚 (克里特)”
  • Chinese: “马利亚”
  • Chinese: “马里亚(克里特)”
  • Chinese: “马里亚”
  • Czech: “Malia”
  • Dutch: “Malia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماليا”
  • Finnish: “Malia”
  • Finnish: “Mália”
  • French: “Mália”
  • German: “Malia”
  • Greek: “Μάλια Ηρακλείου”
  • Greek: “Μάλια”
  • Hebrew: “מאליה”
  • Hungarian: “Mália”
  • Italian: “Malia”
  • Japanese: “マリア (クレタ島)”
  • Latin: “Malia (Creta)”
  • Latin: “Malia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mália”
  • Persian: “مالیا (کرت)”
  • Persian: “مالیا”
  • Polish: “Malia”
  • Portuguese: “Malia”
  • Portuguese: “Mália”
  • Romanian: “Malia”
  • Russian: “Малия”
  • Serbian: “Малија”
  • Slovak: “Malia”
  • Slovenian: “Malija, Kreta”
  • Slovenian: “Malija”
  • Spanish: “Malia”
  • Swedish: “Mália”
  • Turkish: “Malia”
  • Turkish: “Malya, Yunanistan”
  • Ukrainian: “Малія”
  • Ukrainian: “Маллія”
  • Urdu: “مالیا، کریت”
  • Western Armenian: “Մալիա”

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