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Leben (Crete)

Southern Europe

Leben, also called Lebena or Lebene, was a maritime town of ancient Crete, serving as the harbour of the city of Gortyna about seventy stadia inland. It was known for a temple of Asclepius of considerable renown, and its site is identified near the modern village of Lentas on Crete's southern coast. 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
34.932222 degrees north 1
Longitude
24.924306 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Leben (Crete) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 34.932222, longitude 24.924306
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 34.9322,24.9243
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 35.0
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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 34.75, 24.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.75, 24.75
34.75 24.75 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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Leben (Crete) (Wikipedia)
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    Leben (Ancient Greek: Λέβην) or Lebena (Λέβηνα) or Lebene (Λεβήνη) was a maritime town of ancient Crete, a harbour of Gortyna, about 70 stadia inland.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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