Map of Heraklion Crete

Heraklion is the capital of the county of Heraklion, οn the map of Heraklion we can locate the historical sites of Knossos ,Gortys and Phaestos.Heraklion is also the capital of Crete. Heraklion is the largest city in Crete with 140,730 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Decentralized Administration of Crete, of the Region of Crete.
The Municipality of Heraklion, as it emerged with the Kallikratis program, is the fourth most populous in the country with 173,993 inhabitants.
The main economic sectors of the city are tourism, agriculture and trade. It has an industrial area 4 km southeast of the center. Heraklion also has one of the largest airports in Greece today second in total after Athens.