Crete

Crete (; ) is the laurgest an maist populous o the Greek islands, the fift lairgest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an ane o the thirteen admeenistrative regions o Greece. It forms a significant pairt o the economy an cultural heritage o Greece while retainin its awn local cultural traits (sic as its awn dialect, poetry, an muisic). Crete wis the centre o the Minoan ceevilization (), the earliest "heich cultur" ceevilization in Europe, which biggit the first pailaces in Europe.Ancient Crete  Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics

Human geografie
Crete is the maist populous island in Greece wi a population o mair nor 600,000 fowk. Approximately 42% live in Crete's main ceeties an touns whilst 45% live in rural auries.Crete, p.44, by Victoria Kyriakopoulos.

Admeenistration
Crete wi its nearbi islands form the Crete Region (), ane o the 13 regions o Greece which wur established in the 1987 admeenistrative reform.Π.Δ. 51/87 "Καθορισμός των Περιφερειών της Χώρας για το σχεδιασμό κ.λ.π. της Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης" (''Determination of the Regions of the Country for the planning etc. of the development of the Region, ΦΕΚ A 26/06.03.1987 Wi the 2010 Kallikratis plan, the pouers an authority o the regions wur redefinit an extendit. The region is based at Heraklion an is dividit intae fower regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefecturs). Frae wast tae east thir are: Chania, Rethymno, Heraklion an Lasithi. Thir are faur subdividit intae 24 municipalities.

The region's govrenor is, syne 1 Januar 2011, Stavros Arnaoutakis, who wis electit in the November 2010 local admeenistration elections for the Panhellenic Socialist Muivement.

References

Freemit airtins
Crete The offeecial wabsteid o the Greek Naitional Tourism Organisation

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