Country Greece Area 2,636 km² Disestablished 2011 | Periphery Thessaly Capital Volos | |
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Magnesia Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Μαγνησίας) was one of the prefectures of Greece. Its capital was Volos. It was established in 1899 from the Larissa Prefecture. The prefecture was disbanded on 1 January 2011 by the Kallikratis programme, and split into the regional units of Magnesia and the Sporades.
Map of Magnesia Prefecture, Greece
The toponym is ancient to the region. Ore that attracts iron is common in Magnesia, which is the origin of words such as magnet and magnetism as well as the chemical element magnesium.
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Magnesia Prefecture Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA