Editing Crete (section)

===Administration===
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Crete Region
| type               = [[Administrative regions of Greece|Administrative region of Greece]]
| native_name        = {{native name|el|Περιφέρεια Κρήτης|italics=off}}<br />{{small|{{transliteration|el|Periféria Krítis}}}}
| image_skyline      = 
| image_caption      = 
| image_blank_emblem = Logo of the Crete Region.png
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo flag
| image_map          = Prefecture map of Crete (Greece).svg
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1912
| coordinates        = {{coord|35.21|24.91|format=dms|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Greece}}
| leader_title       = Regional governor
| leader_name        = [[Stavros Arnaoutakis]]
| leader_party       = {{nowrap|[[PASOK – Movement for Change]]}}
| parts_type         = [[Regional units of Greece|Regional units]]
| parts_style        = list
| p1                 = [[Chania (regional unit)|Chania]]
| p2                 = [[Heraklion (regional unit)|Heraklion]]
| p3                 = [[Rethymno (regional unit)|Rethymno]]
| p4                 = [[Lasithi]]
| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Heraklion]]
| area_total_km2     = 8335.88
| elevation_max_m    = 
| population_total   = 624408
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2011census>{{cite web|publisher=[[Hellenic Statistical Authority]] |title=Demographic and social characteristics of the Resident Population of Greece according to the 2011 Population – Housing Census revision of 20/3/2014 |date=12 September 2014 |url=http://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/BUCKET/A1602/PressReleases/A1602_SAM01_DT_DC_00_2011_03_F_EN.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908142240/http://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/BUCKET/A1602/PressReleases/A1602_SAM01_DT_DC_00_2011_03_F_EN.pdf |archive-date=8 September 2015 }}</ref>
| population_demonym = 
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type2       = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes  = <ref>{{citation|title=Population on 1 January by age, sex and NUTS 2 region|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/DEMO_R_D2JAN/default/table?lang=en|website=www.ec.europa.eu}}</ref>
|demographics2_title1     = Total
|demographics2_info1      = €8.913 billion (2021)
| timezone1          = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset1        = +2
| timezone1_DST      = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST    = +3
| iso_code           = GR-M
| website            = {{URL|http://www.crete.gov.gr/}}
}}

Crete with its nearby islands form the '''Crete Region''' ({{langx|el|Περιφέρεια Κρήτης|translit=}}, {{Lang|el-Latn|Periféria Krítis}}, {{IPA|el|periˈferia ˈkritis|}}), one of the 13 [[Modern regions of Greece|regions of Greece]] which were established in the 1987 administrative reform.<ref>Π.Δ. 51/87 "Καθορισμός των Περιφερειών της Χώρας για το σχεδιασμό κ.λ.π. της Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης" (''Determination of the Regions of the Country for the planning etc. of the development of the Region''), [[Efimeris tis Kyverniseos|ΦΕΚ]] A 26/06.03.1987</ref> Under the 2010 [[Kallikratis plan]], the powers and authority of the regions were redefined and extended. The region is based at [[Heraklion]] and is divided into four [[regional units of Greece|regional units]] (pre-Kallikratis [[prefectures of Greece|prefectures]]). From west to east these are: [[Chania (regional unit)|Chania]], [[Rethymno (regional unit)|Rethymno]], [[Heraklion (regional unit)|Heraklion]], and [[Lasithi]]. These are further subdivided into 24 [[Municipalities of Greece|municipalities]].

Since 1 January 2011, the regional governor is [[Stavros Arnaoutakis]] of the [[PASOK|Panhellenic Socialist Movement]]. First elected in [[2010 Greek local elections|2010]], he was re-elected in [[2014 Greek local elections|2014]], [[2019 Greek local elections|2019]] and [[2023 Crete regional election|2023]].