Paliani
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Template:Infobox Greek Dimos Paliani (Template:Langx) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 21.423 km2.[2] Population 1,890 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Venerato. Until 2002, the municipality was named "Tetrachori".[3]
The municipal unit of Paliani, named after the nunnery on the outskirts of Venerato, consists of the villages of Kerasia, Venerato, Avgeniki, and Siva.