Attica
Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean Se ...
is an historical region of Greece.
Attica may also refer to:
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Attica (region)
Attica ( el, Περιφέρεια Αττικής, translit=Periféria Attikís, ) is an administrative region of Greece, that encompasses the entire metropolitan area of Athens, the country's capital and largest city. The region is coextensiv ...
, a modern administrative region of Greece
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Attica Prefecture, a former prefecture of Central Greece
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Attica Province
The province of Attica ( el, Επαρχία Αττικής) was one of the provinces of Attica, Greece. It consisted of parts of the East Attica and West Attica prefectures. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipalities Acharne ...
, a former province of Greece
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Attica (constituency)
Attica ( el, εκλογική περιφέρεια Αττικής), formerly Remainder of Attica (Υπόλοιπο Αττικής), was an electoral district in the Attica region represented in the Hellenic Parliament. It consisted of East Attic ...
, a former electoral district of Greece
Other places
United States
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Attica, Georgia
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Attica, Indiana
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Attica, Iowa
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Attica, Kansas
Attica is a city in Harper County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 516. The town was named after the historical region of Attica, in Greece.
History
Land for the community was purchased in late J ...
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Attica, Michigan
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Attica Township, Michigan
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Attica, New York
Attica is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Wyoming County, New York, Wyoming County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 7,702 as of 2010.
The Town of Attica is on the northern boundary of the county ...
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Attica (village), New York
Attica is a village in Wyoming and Genesee counties, New York, United States. The population was 2,547 at the 2010 census.
The village is on the northern border of Wyoming County. The village lies mostly within the town of Attica, but the northe ...
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Attica, Ohio
Attica is a village in Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The population was 899 at the 2010 census.
Attica was designated a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation.
History
Attica was named after Attica, New York, the hometown of ...
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Attica, Wisconsin
Elsewhere
*Attica, Saskatchewan, Canada
Attica prison uprising
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Attica Correctional Facility
Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security campus New York State prison in the Attica (town), New York, Town of Attica, New York (state), New York, operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It w ...
, a maximum security prison in Upstate New York
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Attica Prison uprising
The Attica Prison Riot, also known as the Attica Prison Rebellion, the Attica Uprising, or the Attica Prison Massacre, took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the high ...
of 1971
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''Attica'' (1974 film), a documentary film by Cinda Firestone
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''Attica'' (1980 film), a television film
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''Attica'' (2021 film), a documentary film
Other uses
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Attica!'', a 2014 album by Wussy
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Attica (automobiles)
Attica was a brand name of vehicles produced by ''Bioplastic S.A.'', a company (originally involved in fiberglass panel manufacture, later expanding into fiberglass boat manufacture) created in Moschato, Athens by Georgios Dimitriadis, a fig ...
, a Greek manufacturer of microcars
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''Attica'' (novel), a novel by the British writer Garry Kilworth
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Attica (restaurant), a restaurant owned and operated by chef Ben Shewry
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1138 Attica, an asteroid
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