Gazi, Crete

Gazi is a western suburb of Heraklion and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Malevizi, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit comprises several nearby villages with a total area of and a total population of 20,918, of whom 16,256 live within Gazi. It lies west of Heraklion, on the north coast of Crete.
Villages of Gazi municipal unit, by community:

Gazi : Gazi, Agia Marina, Agios Dimitrios, Agios Panteleimon, Ammoudara, Council-Houses, Kavrochori, Kefalogiannis, Koluvas, 62 Martyres, Xiropotamos, Kalessa.
Rodia : Rodia, Kapetanaki Metochi, Linoperamata, Pantanassa, Palaiokastro, Savatiana Monastery.
Fodele : Fodele, Agios Panteleimon Monastery, Fodele beach.
Achlada : Achlada, Agia Pelagia, Lygaria, Made.
Kalesia : Ano Kalesia and Kato Kalesia

Fodele is claimed as the birthplace of the painter El Greco, but this is disputed. His family were from the area and there is a Museum of El Greco in the village.
The ruins of a Genoese castle are at Palaiokastro.
Agia Pelagia is a seaside resort village.