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Regions of Greece Περιφέρειες της Ελλάδας Category: Unitary state: Location: Hellenic Republic: Number: 13 Regions 1 Autonomous Region: Populations: 200,642 (Ionian Islands) – 3,784,565 : Areas: 2,307 km 2 (891 sq mi) (Ionian Islands) – 18,810 km 2 (7,260 sq mi) (Central Macedonia) Government
From 1 January 2011, in accordance with the Kallikratis plan, the administrative system of Greece was drastically overhauled. For the current list, see List of municipalities of Greece (2011). This is an alphabetical list of municipalities and communities in Greece from 1997 to 2010, under the Kapodistrias Plan.
In Greece the all-numeric form for dates is in the little endianness order of "day month year". Years can be written with 2 or 4 digits. For example, either 30/5/2023 or 30/5/23. The 12-hour notation is used in verbal communication, but the 24-hour format is also used along with the 12-hour notation in writing.
The Greek postal code system is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία, Hellenic Post). Each city street or rural region has a unique five-digit number, its Ταχυδρομικός Κώδικας 'postal code' (ΤΚ).
Following the implementation on 1 September 2019 of the Kleisthenis I Programme, the administrative divisions of Greece consist of two main levels: the regions and the municipalities. In addition, a number of decentralized administrations overseeing the regions exist as part of the Ministry of the Interior, but are not part of local government.
List of municipalities and communities in Greece (1997–2010) List of municipalities of Greece (2011) Prefectures of Greece (first existed in 1833, last abolished in 2010, by 2010 there were 51) / Greek: νομοί, sing. νομός, called departments in ISO 3166-2:GR; Provinces of Greece 147, last abolished in 2006 / Greek: επαρχία ...
Before the Second World War, there were 139 provinces, and after the war, with the addition of the Dodecanese Islands, their number grew to 147. According to the Article 7 of the Code of Prefectural Self-Government (Presidential Decree 30/1996), the provinces constituted a "particular administrative district" within the wider "administrative ...
The table below lists the largest cities in Greece, by population size, using the official census results of 1991, [1] 2001, [2] 2011 [3] and 2021. [ 4 ] Census-designated places