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Central Greece (region)

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Country
  
Greece

ISO 3166 code
  
GR-H

Area
  
15,549 km²

Capital
  
Lamia

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Website
  
www.pste.gov.gr

Population
  
547,390 (2011)

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Decentralized Administration
  
Thessaly and Central Greece

Regional units
  
List Boeotia Euboea Evrytania Phocis Phthiotis

Colleges and Universities
  
Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece, University of Central Greece

Clubs and Teams
  
Levadiakos F.C., Kymis B.C.

Points of interest
  
Delphi Archaeological Museum, Archaeological Museum of Eretria, Archaeological Museum of Thebes, Euripus Strait, Archaeological Museum of Lamia

Destinations
  
Delphi, Euboea, Lamia, Skyros, Thermopylae

Central Greece Region (Greek: Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας, Periféreia Stereás Elládas, properly translated as "Continental Greece Region") is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. The region occupies the eastern half of the traditional region of Central Greece, including the island of Euboea. To the south it borders the regions of Attica and the Peloponnese, to the west the region of West Greece and to the north the regions of Thessaly and Epirus. Its capital city is Lamia.

Contents

Map of Central Greece, Greece

Administration

The Central Greece region was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with Thessaly, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Continental Greece based at Larissa. The region is based at Lamia and is divided into five regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefectures), Boeotia, Euboea, Evrytania, Phocis and Phthiotis, which are further subdivided into 25 municipalities.

The region's governor is, since 1 January 2011, Klearchos Pergantas, who was elected in the November 2010 local administration elections for the PASOK party.

Towns

Biggest towns in each regional unit, according to the census of 2001 (only communities with population more than 2,000 recorded):

References

Central Greece (region) Wikipedia


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