Country Greece Capital Chalcis Area codes 222x Area 4,167 km² Population 210,815 (2011) | Region Central Greece Postal codes 34x xx ISO 3166 code GR-04 Founded 2011 | |
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Euboea (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Εύβοιας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It consists of the islands of Euboea and Skyros, as well as a 395 km2 area on the Greek mainland. Its land area is 4,167.449 km², whereas the total land area of the municipalities actually on the island Euboea is 3,684.848 km², which includes that of numerous small offshore islets (Petalies Islands) near Euboea's southern tip.
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Administration
The Euboea regional unit is subdivided into 8 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):
Prefecture
As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the former Euboea Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Εύβοιας) was transformed into a regional unit within the Central Greece region, without any change in boundaries. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.
Note: the former municipalities of Anthidona and Avlida are on the mainland, attached to the northeastern part of Boeotia. Skyros is an island by itself.
Provinces
Note: Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece.
Population
At the 2001 census the prefecture had a population of 215,136 inhabitants, whereas the island Euboea itself had a population of 198,130.