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Geographic regions of Greece / nine regions, six with land on the mainland and three only including islands / Greek: γεωγραφικά διαμερίσματα, romanized: geografika diamerísmata, lit. 'geographic departments' NUTS statistical regions of Greece. NUTS1 Groups of Development Regions; Parliamentary constituencies of Greece
The first level of administrative division is composed of the new decentralized administrations (αποκεντρωμένες διοικήσεις, apokentroménes dioikíseis), comprising two or three regions (except for Attica and Crete), run by a government-appointed general secretary, assisted by an advisory council drawn from the regional governors and the representatives of the ...
The regions of Greece (Greek: περιφέρειες, romanized: periféreies) are the country's thirteen second-level administrative entities, counting decentralized administrations of Greece as first-level. Regions are divided into regional units, known as prefectures until 2011.
They are subdivisions of the country's 13 regions, and are further divided into municipalities. They were introduced as part of the Kallikratis administrative reform on 1 January 2011 and are comparable in area and, on the mainland , coterminous with the "pre-Kallikratis" prefectures of Greece .
The traditional geographic regions of Greece (Greek: γεωγραφικά διαμερίσματα, lit. 'geographic departments') are the country's main historical-geographic regions, and were also official administrative regional subdivisions of Greece until the 1987 administrative reform. [1]
Lists of subdivisions of Greece (5 P) A. Administrative regions of Greece (16 C, 17 P) D. Decentralized Administrations of Greece (8 P) M. Mount Athos (8 C, 29 P)
Article 102 of the Greek constitution outlines the mandate of municipalities and communities and their relationship to the larger State: Municipalities and communities exercise administration of local affairs independently. Leadership of municipalities and communities is elected by universal and secret ballot.
The provinces of Greece (Greek: επαρχία, "eparchy") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures.From 1887, the provinces were abolished as actual administrative units, but were retained for some state services, especially financial and educational services, as well as for electoral purposes.