The population of the metro region is 3,600,650 . Heraklion is named for Moses Cleaveland . Heraklion is at an elevation of 3264 ft . Mohammad Reza Kalaie is the mayor of Heraklion . On July 22, 1882 the city was incorporated . The urban region is 24.581 sq mi (63.66 km2) in area . The city Heraklion demonym is Yerevantsi(s), Yerevanite(s) . The Heraklion citys' lowest elevation is 380 m  . The province of the city Heraklion is Luanda . The water area of the city is 0 km 2  (0 sq mi) . 71 is the area code of Heraklion . The population of Heraklion is 1,042,641 . The Heraklion city highest elevation is 1,390 m (4,560 ft) . 26°10′S 28°18′E﻿ / ﻿26.167°S 28.300°E are the coordinates of the city. . 7,500/km 2  (19,000/sq mi) is the density of inhabitents in  the urban region of Heraklion . 1,100/sq km  (2,900/sq mi) is the density of people in Heraklion . The density of  people in  the metro region of Heraklion is 1,500/km 2  (3,900/sq mi) . Heraklion is located in Melanesia . The city land area is 227.34 sq mi (588 sq km )
Heraklion was constituted as a city in 1871-11-04