Local time
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Iraklio
35.33° N, 25.13° E
- Population
- 137,154
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 5 of 27
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 27 cities of Greece in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Greece, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 33 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 109 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Heraklion Municipality
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- Dactyls
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- Europe/Athens
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Iraklio, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Iraklio have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
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