Greece Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Administrative divisions === {{Main|Administrative divisions of Greece}} Since the [[Kallikratis programme]] reform entered into effect on 1 January 2011, Greece has consisted of 13 [[modern regions of Greece|regions]] subdivided into a total of 325, from 2019 332 ([[Kleisthenis I Programme]]), [[Municipalities of Greece|municipalities]]. The 54 old [[Prefectures of Greece|prefectures and prefecture-level administrations]] have been largely retained as ''[[regional units of Greece|sub-units]]'' of the regions. Seven [[Decentralized administrations of Greece|decentralised administrations]] group one to three regions for administrative purposes on a regional basis. There is also one [[autonomous area]], [[Mount Athos]] ({{lang-el|Agio Oros}}, "Holy Mountain"),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/f3c70a23-7696-49db-9148-f24dce6a27c8/syn15.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705000112/http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/f3c70a23-7696-49db-9148-f24dce6a27c8/syn15.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2011 |url-status=live |title=Σύνταγμα της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας |year=1927 |website=Hellenicparliament.gr |access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref> which borders the region of [[Central Macedonia]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Robert |last=Draper |url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/athos/draper-text |title=Mount Athos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811023226/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/athos/draper-text |archive-date=11 August 2011 |magazine=[[National Geographic]] |date=December 2009 |access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" !Map !!No.!! [[modern regions of Greece|Region]]!! Capital!! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)!! Area (sq mi)!!Population<ref name="2021CensusGRC">{{cite press release |title=Census 2021 GR|url=https://elstat-outsourcers.statistics.gr/Census2022_GR.pdf|publisher=[[Hellenic Statistical Authority]]|date=19 July 2022|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref> !! GDP ([[1000000000 (number)|bn]])<ref name="Eurostat Regional GDP 2016">{{cite web | url = https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/8700651/1-28022018-BP-EN/15f5fd90-ce8b-4927-9a3b-07dc255dc42a | title = Regional GDP per capita ranged from 29% to 611% of the EU average in 2016 | year = 2016 | publisher = [[Eurostat]] |access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref> |- |rowspan="14"|[[File:Peripheries of Greece numbered.svg|400px|center]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Attica (region)|Attica]] || [[Athens]] || style="text-align:right"|3,808.10|| style="text-align:right"|1,470.32|| style="text-align:right"|3,814,064 || style="text-align:right" |€83.469 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2 || [[Central Greece (region)|Central Greece]] || [[Lamia (city)|Lamia]] ||style="text-align:right"|15,549.31|| style="text-align:right"|6,003.62||style="text-align:right"|508,254 || style="text-align:right" |€7.926 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 3 || [[Central Macedonia]] || [[Thessaloniki]] ||style="text-align:right"|18,810.52|| style="text-align:right"|7,262.78|| style="text-align:right"|1,795,669 || style="text-align:right" |€23.850 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 4 || [[Crete]] || [[Heraklion]] || style="text-align:right"|8,259||style="text-align:right"|3,189|| style="text-align:right"|624,408 || style="text-align:right" |€8.654 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[East Macedonia and Thrace]] || [[Komotini]] || style="text-align:right"|14,157.76||style="text-align:right"|5,466.34|| style="text-align:right"|562,201 || style="text-align:right" |€6.709 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 6 || [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]] || [[Ioannina]] ||style="text-align:right"|9,203.22||style="text-align:right"|3,553.38|| style="text-align:right"|319,991 || style="text-align:right" |€3.843 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 7 || [[Ionian Islands (region)|Ionian Islands]] || [[Corfu (city)|Corfu]] ||style="text-align:right"|2,306.94|| style="text-align:right"|890.71||style="text-align:right"|204,532 || style="text-align:right" |€3.064 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 8 || [[North Aegean]] || [[Mytilene]] || style="text-align:right"|3,835.91||style="text-align:right"|1,481.05|| style="text-align:right"|194,943 || style="text-align:right" |€2.412 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 9 || [[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]] || [[Tripoli, Greece|Tripoli]] ||style="text-align:right"|15,489.96|| style="text-align:right"|5,980.71||style="text-align:right"|539,535 || style="text-align:right" |€7.683 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 10 || [[South Aegean]] || [[Ermoupoli]] || style="text-align:right"|5,285.99||style="text-align:right"|2,040.93|| style="text-align:right"|327,820 || style="text-align:right" |€5.888 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 11 || [[Thessaly]] || [[Larissa]] || style="text-align:right"|14,036.64||style="text-align:right"|5,419.58|| style="text-align:right"|688,255 || style="text-align:right" |€9.006 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 12 || [[West Greece]] || [[Patras]] || style="text-align:right"|11,350.18||style="text-align:right"|4,382.33|| style="text-align:right"|648,220 || style="text-align:right" |€7.847 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 13 || [[West Macedonia]] || [[Kozani]] || style="text-align:right"|9,451||style="text-align:right"|3,649|| style="text-align:right"|254,595 || style="text-align:right" |€3.849 |- | style="text-align:center;"| (14) || [[Mount Athos]] || [[Karyes (Athos)|Karyes]] || style="text-align:right"|390||style="text-align:right"|151|| style="text-align:right"|1,746 || {{NA}} |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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