Edessa Province was one of the three provinces of
Pella Prefecture
Pella ( el, Περιφερειακή ενότητα Πέλλας) is one of the regional units of Greece, in the geographic region of Macedonia. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia. It is named after the ancient city of Pella, the capit ...
of Greece. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipalities
Edessa
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city (''polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Osroe ...
and
Skydra
Skydra ( el, Σκύδρα, in modern Greek, before 1926: Βερτεκόπ - ''Vertekop'', Slavic: Вртикоп, ''Vrtikop'') is a municipality in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia in Greece.
Municipality
The municipality Skydra was forme ...
(except the municipal unit
Meniida
Meniida ( el, Μενηίδα) is a former municipality in the Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Skydra, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 118.562&nbs ...
).
[ ] It was abolished in 2006.
References
Provinces of Greece
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