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Myrtos
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thumb|Myrtos: general view thumb|Myrtos, covered with snow, Feb 18 2008. thumb|The Blue Flag award. thumb|Sarakina Gorge.

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Place details

Locality
Δημοτική Ενότητα Ιεράπετρας
Region
Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
Country
Ελλάς
Population
518
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greece place.name
Myrtos
Greece place.name_local
Μύρτος
Greece place.type
community
Greece place.image_skyline
Myrtos1.JPG
Greece place.periph
Crete
Greece place.periphunit
Lasithi
Greece place.municipality
Ierapetra
Greece place.municunit
Ierapetra
Greece place.population_as_of
2021
Greece place.population
518

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Wikidata facts

Population
441
Elevation
10
Image
Myrtos1.JPG
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Commons category
Myrtos
native label
Μύρτος
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Article

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Climate
  • The beaches
  • Points of interest
  • Economy
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Myrtos: general view thumb|Myrtos, covered with snow, Feb 18 2008. thumb|The Blue Flag award. thumb|Sarakina Gorge.

Myrtos is a coastal village and a community in the west of the municipality of Ierapetra, in the Regional Unit (previously called prefecture) of Lasithi on the Greek island of Crete. It is located from Agios Nikolaos and from Ierapetra, on the road to Viannos. A little to the west of the village is the iconic conical Kolektos mountain. Myrtos is situated on the Libyan Sea. The patron saint of the village is Saint Anthony. The population of the community is 518 (2021).

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