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Mount Athos Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...

Regions of Greece The regions of Greece ( el, περιφέρειες, translit=periféries) are the country's thirteen first-level administrative entities, each comprising several second-level units, originally known as prefectures and, since 2011, as regional ...

/ 13, περιφέρειες / NUTS 2 *

Regional units of Greece The 74 regional units of Greece ( el, περιφερειακές ενότητες, ; sing. , ) are the country's Seventy-four second-level Administrative divisions of Greece, administrative units. They are divisions of the country's 13 Modern reg ...

/ 74 / Περιφερειακή ενότητα / NUTS 3 *

Prefectures of Greece During the first administrative division of independent Greece in 1833–1836 and again from 1845 until their abolition with the Kallikratis reform in 2010, the prefectures ( el, νομοί, sing. νομός, translit=nomoi, sing. nomós) were ...

(first existing 1833, last abolished 2010, by 2010 there existed 51) / el, νομοί, sing. νομός, called departments in ISO 3166-2:GR *

Provinces of Greece The provinces of Greece ( el, επαρχία, "eparchy") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures of Greece, prefectures. From 1887, the provinces were abolished as actual administrative units, but were retained for some state servi ...

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eparchy Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the ...

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Municipalities of Greece The municipalities of Greece ( el, δήμοι, translit=dímoi ) are the lowest level of government within the organizational structure of the state. As of 2021, there are 332 municipalities, further divided into 1036 municipal units and 6136 co ...

** List of municipalities and communities of Greece by prefecture **

List of municipality changes in Greece 2011 According to the Kallikratis Programme, since 1 January 2011 Greece, with an amendment in 2019, is divided into 332 municipalities, grouped into the 13 regions of Greece The regions of Greece ( el, περιφέρειες, translit=periféries) ...

List of municipalities of Greece (2011) According to the Kallikratis Programme, since 1 January 2011 Greece, with an amendment in 2019, is divided into 332 municipalities, grouped into the 13 regions of Greece The regions of Greece ( el, περιφέρειες, translit=periféries) ...

** LAU 1 Municipalities/Communities (Dimoi/Koinotites) until 2010: 1034 * LAU 2 Municipal districts/Community districts (Demotiko diamerisma/Koinotiko diamerisma) 6130 *

Super-prefectures of Greece The super-prefectures of Greece (υπερνομαρχίες, sing. υπερνομαρχία) were a second-degree organization of local self-government and an administrative division between the regions and the prefectures. They were each headed ...

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Parliamentary constituencies of Greece A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...

/ 9 regions, six with land on the mainland and three only including islands / el, γεωγραφικά διαμερίσματα, translit=geografika diamerísmata , lit=geographic departments * NUTS of Greece ** NUTS1 Groups of development regions

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 Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

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