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Crete and a number of islands and islets that surround it constitute the Region of Crete (Greek: Περιφέρεια Κρήτης), which is the southernmost of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece, and the fifth most populous of Greece's regions.
- Decentralized Administration
The Decentralized Administration of Crete (Greek:...
- Decentralized Administration
Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, with the capital of Patras. Decentralized Administration of the Aegean, with the capital of Piraeus. Decentralized Administration of Crete, with the capital of Heraklion.
Its administration by Muhammad Ali was confirmed in the Convention of Kütahya of 1833, but direct Ottoman rule was re-established by the Convention of London of 3 July 1840. The island's Christians revolted several times against Ottoman rule .
With the establishment of the region of Crete (Περιφέρεια Κρήτης) in 1986, Crete became again an administrative entity. Until 2011, the regional governors (περιφερειάρχες) were government-appointed, but in accordance to the Kallikratis reform they were replaced with elected officials.
Crete and Cyrenaica (Latin: Creta et Cyrenaica, Koinē Greek: Κρήτη καὶ Κυρηναϊκή, romanized: Krḗtē kaì Kyrēnaïkḗ) was a senatorial province of the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, established in 67 BC, which included the island of Crete and the region of Cyrenaica in modern-day Libya.
Creta dista circa 95 km dalla Grecia continentale e costituisce il limite meridionale del mar Egeo e quello settentrionale del mar Libico. Su tutti i lati è circondata da un gran numero di isole minori e isolotti, tra cui Gozzo, il punto più meridionale dell'Europa fisica [2].
