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Ceraea

Southern Europe

Ceraea, also known as Cerea or Ceraeae, was a town of ancient Crete mentioned by the historian Polybius. It minted its own coins in antiquity, similar in style to those of Polyrrhenia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Latitude
35.402728 degrees north 1
Longitude
23.955731 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Ceraea (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 35.402728, longitude 23.955731
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 35.4027,23.9557
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 204.0
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 23.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 23.75
35.25 23.75 Csa
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4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Athens; GR has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Quote, Zone Europe/Athens; GR has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14 ... # go with EU rules instead, since Greece joined Jan 1. 2:00 EU EE%sT
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Ceraea (Wikipedia)
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    Ceraea or Keraia (Ancient Greek: Κεραία), also known as Cerea or Kerea (Κερέα), Ceraeae or Keraiai (Κεραῖαι), was a town of ancient Crete.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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