Kalymnos ( el, Περιφερειακή ενότητα Καλύμνου) is one of the
regional units of Greece
The 74 regional units of Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Afr ...
. It is part of the
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
of
South Aegean. The regional unit covers the islands of
Kalymnos,
Agathonisi,
Astypalaia,
Leipsoi
Leipsoi ( el, Λειψοί, also: ''Lipsi''; anciently, Lepsia, grc, Λέψια) is an island south of Samos and to the north of Leros in Greece. It is well serviced with ferries passing between Patmos and Leros and on the main route for ferr ...
,
Leros
Leros ( el, Λέρος) is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese in the southern Aegean Sea. It lies (171 nautical miles) from Athens's port of Piraeus, from which it can be reached by an 9-hour ferry ride or by a 45-minute flight f ...
,
Patmos and several smaller islands in the
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans an ...
.
Administration
As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Kalymnos was created out of part of the former
Dodecanese Prefecture. It is subdivided into 6 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):
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Agathonisi (2)
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Astypalaia (3)
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Kalymnos (4)
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Leipsoi
Leipsoi ( el, Λειψοί, also: ''Lipsi''; anciently, Lepsia, grc, Λέψια) is an island south of Samos and to the north of Leros in Greece. It is well serviced with ferries passing between Patmos and Leros and on the main route for ferr ...
(8)
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Leros
Leros ( el, Λέρος) is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese in the southern Aegean Sea. It lies (171 nautical miles) from Athens's port of Piraeus, from which it can be reached by an 9-hour ferry ride or by a 45-minute flight f ...
(9)
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Patmos (12)
Province
The province of Kalymnos ( el, Επαρχία Καλύμνου) was one of the
provinces
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of the Dodecanese Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present regional unit.
[ ] It was abolished in 2006.
References
2011 establishments in Greece
Regional units of the South Aegean
Provinces of Greece
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