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Koutsounari is a settlement in the municipality of Ierapetra , on the island of Crete . It lies 8 kilometers east of Ierapetra and has a beautiful beach named Long Beach . Sitia is a port town and a municipality in Lasithi , Crete , ___MASK11___ . The town has 9 , 912 inhabitants ( 2011 ); the municipality has 18 , 318 ( 2011 ). It lies east of Agios Nikolaos and northeast of Ierapetra . Sitia port is on the Sea of Crete , part of the Aegean Sea and is one of the economic centers of the Lasithi region . European route E75 , which ends in Vardø , starts in Sitia . Sitia is served by the Sitia Public Airport . Sitia has not experienced the effects of mass tourism even though there is a long beach along the road leading to Vai and several places of historical interest . Heraklion (, " Irákleio ") is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete . It is the fourth largest city in ___MASK11___ . According to the results of the 2011 census , the population of the city proper was 140 , 730 inhabitants , the municipality ' s was 173 , 993 while the Heraklion urban area has a population of 225 , 574 and it extends over an area of . Lasithi is the easternmost regional unit on the island of Crete , to the east of Heraklion . Its capital is Agios Nikolaos , the other major towns being Ierapetra , Sitia and Neapoli . The mountains include the Dikti in the west and the Thrypti in the east . The Sea of Crete lies to the north and the Libyan Sea to the south . The Libyan Sea ( Greek , Latin " Libycum Mare ") is the portion of the Mediterranean Sea , north of the African coast of ancient " ___MASK59___ ", i . e . Cyrenaica and Marmarica ( the coast of what is now eastern ___MASK59___ and western Egypt , between Tobruk and Alexandria ). This designation was used by ancient geographers describing the southern Mediterranean , but the term is also used by modern travel writers and cartographers . The southern coastline of Crete which borders the Libyan Sea includes the Asterousia Mountains and Mesara Plain ; this area is the locus of considerable ancient Bronze Age settlement including the sites of Kommos , Hagia Triada and Phaistos . Crete ("" ; Ancient Greek : , " Krt ") is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands , 88th - largest island in the ___MASK44___ and the fifth - largest island in the Mediterranean Sea , after Sicily , ___MASK24___ , ___MASK15___ , and Corsica . Crete and a number of surrounding islands and islets constitute the region of Crete , one of the 13 top - level administrative units of ___MASK11___ . The capital and the largest city is Heraklion . , the region had a population of 623 , 065 . Agios Ioannis is a village of Lasithi prefecture , in the municipality of Ierapetra . It lies 17 kilometers north - east of Ierapetra , 7 kilometers west of Schinokapsala and 9 kilometers from the sea ( Koutsounari settlement ) . It is built south of Thripti mountain in a site with spectacular view . The majority of the people that lived here , have moved during the last 3 decades to the beach ( Koutsounari and Ferma settlements ) and to Ierapetra . In the middle of the road towards Schinokapsala , you cross the forest of `` Psihro '' hamlet with springs , platans , pine and other trees . The water from the springs follows a route across `` Milonas gorge '' and ends to the sea some 7 kilometers further . In Aghios Ioannis area can also be found some beautiful beaches , like the famous Long beach and Aghia Fotia . Thrypti ( also   - " Thryptis Ori ") is a mountain range in Lasithi in eastern Crete , ___MASK11___ . It stretches between Ierapetra in the southwest and Siteia in the northeast . Its highest summit , " Afentis ", is 1 , 476 m amsl .