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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Rhodope</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="el"><small>Περιφερειακή ενότητα</small><br />Ροδόπης</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">Regional unit</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2010_Dimi_Rodopis_numbered.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Municipalities of Rhodope"><img alt="Municipalities of Rhodope" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/2010_Dimi_Rodopis_numbered.svg/270px-2010_Dimi_Rodopis_numbered.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/2010_Dimi_Rodopis_numbered.svg/405px-2010_Dimi_Rodopis_numbered.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="top:12.392%;left:58.491%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Rhodope"><img alt="Rhodope" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Rhodope</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and 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</div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Rhodope_(regional_unit)&params=41_05_N_25_25_E_type:city(104262)_region:GR-A"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°05′N</span> <span class="longitude">25°25′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.083°N 25.417°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.083; 25.417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Greece" title="Regions of Greece">Administrative region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Macedonia_and_Thrace" title="Eastern Macedonia and Thrace">Eastern Macedonia and Thrace</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,543 km<sup>2</sup> (982 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-census21_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">104,262</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">41/km<sup>2</sup> (110/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Greece" title="Postal codes in Greece">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">69x xx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Greece" title="Telephone numbers in Greece">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">253x0</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Greece" title="Vehicle registration plates of Greece">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">ΚΟ</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rhodope</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Ροδόπη</span>, <i>Rodópi</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="el-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Greek" title="Help:IPA/Greek">[roˈðopi]</a></span>) is one of the <a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">regional units of Greece</a>. It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Modern_regions_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern regions of Greece">region</a> of <a href="/wiki/East_Macedonia_and_Thrace" class="mw-redirect" title="East Macedonia and Thrace">East Macedonia and Thrace</a>. Its name is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Rhodope_Mountains" title="Rhodope Mountains">Rhodope Mountains</a>, which cover the northern part of its territory. Together with the regional units <a href="/wiki/Evros_(regional_unit)" title="Evros (regional unit)">Evros</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xanthi_(regional_unit)" title="Xanthi (regional unit)">Xanthi</a>, it forms the geographical region of <a href="/wiki/Western_Thrace" title="Western Thrace">Western Thrace</a>. The capital of the prefecture is the city of <a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a>. The second largest town is <a href="/wiki/Sapes" title="Sapes">Sapes</a>. Most of the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_minority_of_Greece" title="Muslim minority of Greece">Muslims of Thrace</a>, the only officially recognized minority in Greece, are settled in this area, where they form around half of the regional unit's population. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodope_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rhodope borders on the regional unit <a href="/wiki/Xanthi_(regional_unit)" title="Xanthi (regional unit)">Xanthi</a> to the west and <a href="/wiki/Evros_(regional_unit)" title="Evros (regional unit)">Evros</a> to the east, and on <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kardzhali_Province" title="Kardzhali Province">Kardzhali Province</a> to the north. The <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> lies to the south. The eastern <a href="/wiki/Rhodope_Mountains" title="Rhodope Mountains">Rhodope Mountains</a> cover the northern part of the regional unit. Apart from the mountainous areas, the territory consists mainly of farmland, forests and grasslands. </p><p>The southern and the central part have a mainly Mediterranean climate, and the northern part a mainly continental climate with cold winters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodope_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regional unit Rhodope is subdivided into 4 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):<sup id="cite_ref-Kallikratis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kallikratis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arriana" title="Arriana">Arriana</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iasmos" title="Iasmos">Iasmos</a> (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maroneia-Sapes" title="Maroneia-Sapes">Maroneia-Sapes</a> (4)</li></ul> <p>In 2015 this regional unit has three seats in the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Parliament" title="Hellenic Parliament">Hellenic Parliament</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefecture">Prefecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodope_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prefecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rhodope was established as a <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">prefecture</a> in 1930 (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Νομός Ροδόπης</span>), when the former <a href="/wiki/Thrace_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrace Prefecture">Thrace Prefecture</a> was divided into the Rhodope and Evros prefectures.<sup id="cite_ref-Establishment_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Establishment-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1944 <a href="/wiki/Xanthi_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Xanthi Prefecture">Xanthi Prefecture</a> was created from the western part of Rhodope Prefecture. Since the 1990s Rhodope cooperated with Evros in the <a href="/wiki/Rhodope-Evros_Super-prefecture" title="Rhodope-Evros Super-prefecture">Rhodope-Evros Super-prefecture</a>. </p><p>As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the prefecture was transformed into a regional unit within the East Macedonia and Thrace region, with no change in its boundaries. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.<sup id="cite_ref-Kallikratis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kallikratis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Rhodope regional unit had 104,380 in accordance with the 2021 census results, a decline from 112,039 inhabitants in the 2011 census results. The capital of the Regional unit is <a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a> which has an estimated urban population of 55,000. It is the largest settlement in the regional unit. It also serves as the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Macedonia_and_Thrace" title="Eastern Macedonia and Thrace">Eastern Macedonia and Thrace</a> administrative region. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>New municipality</th> <th>Old municipalities</th> <th>Seat </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Arriana" title="Arriana">Arriana</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arriana" title="Arriana">Arriana</a></td> <td rowspan="4">Fillyra </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kechros" title="Kechros">Kechros</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Organi" title="Organi">Organi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fillyra" title="Fillyra">Fillyra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Iasmos" title="Iasmos">Iasmos</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iasmos" title="Iasmos">Iasmos</a></td> <td rowspan="3">Iasmos </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amaxades" title="Amaxades">Amaxades</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sostis" title="Sostis">Sostis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a></td> <td rowspan="3">Komotini </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aigeiros" title="Aigeiros">Aigeiros</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Neo_Sidirochori" title="Neo Sidirochori">Neo Sidirochori</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Maroneia-Sapes" title="Maroneia-Sapes">Maroneia-Sapes</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maroneia" title="Maroneia">Maroneia</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Sapes </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sapes" title="Sapes">Sapes</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provinces">Provinces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodope_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Provinces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Province of <a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a> - Komotini</li> <li>Province of <a href="/wiki/Sapes" title="Sapes">Sapes</a> - Sapes</li></ul> <p><i>Note:</i> Provinces no longer hold any legal status in <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sites_of_interest">Sites of interest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodope_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sites of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The ancient city <a href="/wiki/Anastasioupolis-Peritheorion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anastasioupolis-Peritheorion">Anastasioupolis-Peritheorion</a> with the medieval towers south-east of <a href="/wiki/Amaxades" title="Amaxades">Amaxades</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Imaret_of_Komotini" title="Imaret of Komotini">Imaret of Komotini</a>, one of the oldest <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> monuments in <a href="/wiki/Thrace" title="Thrace">Thrace</a> from 1360 - 1380</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Papikio" title="Papikio">Papikio</a> mountain with the ruins of early Christian monasteries</li> <li>The trip route from <a href="/wiki/Arriana" title="Arriana">Arriana</a> to the east, as far as the borders with <a href="/wiki/Evros_(regional_unit)" title="Evros (regional unit)">Evros</a>, within the forest</li> <li>The suburban forest of Nymphaea, north of <a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a></li> <li>The ancient <a href="/wiki/Maronia" class="mw-redirect" title="Maronia">Maronia</a></li> <li>The "Thracian Meteora" - scenic landscape with wild nature and wild horses north of <a href="/wiki/Iasmos" title="Iasmos">Iasmos</a></li> <li>The circumcenter temple of 11th - 13th century of <a href="/wiki/Mosynopolis" title="Mosynopolis">Maximianoupolis - Mosynoupolis</a> few km west of <a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Museum_of_Komotini" title="Archaeological Museum of Komotini">Archaeological Museum of Komotini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folklore_Museum_of_Komotini" title="Folklore Museum of Komotini">Folklore Museum of Komotini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Museum_of_Komotini" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine Museum of Komotini">Byzantine Museum of Komotini</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carath%C3%A9odory_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carathéodory Museum (page does not exist)">Carathéodory Museum</a>, dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Constantin_Carath%C3%A9odory" title="Constantin Carathéodory">Constantin Carathéodory</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thracian,_Ethnological,_Historical_and_Cultural_museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thracian, Ethnological, Historical and Cultural museum (page does not exist)">Thracian, Ethnological, Historical and Cultural museum</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beaches_and_resorts">Beaches and resorts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodope_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Beaches and resorts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Petrota,_Rodopi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Petrota, Rodopi (page does not exist)">Petrota</a> beach</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Synaxi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Synaxi (page does not exist)">Synaxi</a> beach</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marmaritsa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marmaritsa (page does not exist)">Marmaritsa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agios_Charalampos,_Rodopi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agios Charalampos, Rodopi (page does not exist)">Agios Charalampos</a>' beach</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangeles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kangeles (page does not exist)">Kangeles</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Maronia" class="mw-redirect" title="Maronia">Maronia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platanitis" title="Platanitis">Platanitis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alkyona&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alkyona (page does not exist)">Alkyona</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Proskynites&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Proskynites (page does not exist)">Proskynites</a>' beach or <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kryoneri,_Rodopi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kryoneri, Rodopi (page does not exist)">Kryoneri</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Profitis_Ilias,_Rodopi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Profitis Ilias, Rodopi (page does not exist)">Profitis Ilias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imeros_Rodopis" class="mw-redirect" title="Imeros Rodopis">Imeros</a>' beach</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karousmilou&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karousmilou (page does not exist)">Karousmilou</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molyvoti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molyvoti (page does not exist)">Molyvoti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chrysophora_islet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chrysophora islet (page does not exist)">Chrysophora islet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glyfada,_Rodopi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glyfada, Rodopi (page does not exist)">Glyfada</a>'s beach</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paralia_Mesis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paralia Mesis (page does not exist)">Paralia Mesis</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Blue_Flag_beach" title="Blue Flag beach">Blue flag 2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arogi (page does not exist)">Arogi</a>'s beaches (1 of them with <a href="/wiki/Blue_Flag_beach" title="Blue Flag beach">Blue flag 2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fanari,_Rodopi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fanari, Rodopi (page does not exist)">Fanari</a> beaches (2 of them with <a href="/wiki/Blue_Flag_beach" title="Blue Flag beach">Blue flag 2014</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodope_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20110612_Thrakika_Meteora_Iasmos_Panorama_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thracian Meteora."><img alt="Thracian Meteora." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/20110612_Thrakika_Meteora_Iasmos_Panorama_1.jpg/120px-20110612_Thrakika_Meteora_Iasmos_Panorama_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/20110612_Thrakika_Meteora_Iasmos_Panorama_1.jpg/180px-20110612_Thrakika_Meteora_Iasmos_Panorama_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/20110612_Thrakika_Meteora_Iasmos_Panorama_1.jpg/240px-20110612_Thrakika_Meteora_Iasmos_Panorama_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7000" data-file-height="1759" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Thracian Meteora</i>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20100926_Kompsatos_Bridge_Polyanthos_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The bridge of Kompsatos river of 17th century."><img alt="The bridge of Kompsatos river of 17th century." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/20100926_Kompsatos_Bridge_Polyanthos_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg/120px-20100926_Kompsatos_Bridge_Polyanthos_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/20100926_Kompsatos_Bridge_Polyanthos_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg/180px-20100926_Kompsatos_Bridge_Polyanthos_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/20100926_Kompsatos_Bridge_Polyanthos_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg/240px-20100926_Kompsatos_Bridge_Polyanthos_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="11062" data-file-height="2167" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The bridge of <a href="/wiki/Kompsatos" title="Kompsatos">Kompsatos</a> river of 17th century.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20100913_Ancient_Theater_Marwneia_Rhodope_Greece_panoramic_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The ancient theatre of Maronia."><img alt="The ancient theatre of Maronia." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/20100913_Ancient_Theater_Marwneia_Rhodope_Greece_panoramic_2.jpg/120px-20100913_Ancient_Theater_Marwneia_Rhodope_Greece_panoramic_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/20100913_Ancient_Theater_Marwneia_Rhodope_Greece_panoramic_2.jpg/180px-20100913_Ancient_Theater_Marwneia_Rhodope_Greece_panoramic_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/20100913_Ancient_Theater_Marwneia_Rhodope_Greece_panoramic_2.jpg/240px-20100913_Ancient_Theater_Marwneia_Rhodope_Greece_panoramic_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4814" data-file-height="1678" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The ancient theatre of <a href="/wiki/Maronia" class="mw-redirect" title="Maronia">Maronia</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20100919_Marmaritsa_beach_Maronia_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marmaritsa beach and the active rift of Maronia - Makri."><img alt="Marmaritsa beach and the active rift of Maronia - Makri." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/20100919_Marmaritsa_beach_Maronia_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_panorama.jpg/120px-20100919_Marmaritsa_beach_Maronia_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/20100919_Marmaritsa_beach_Maronia_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_panorama.jpg/180px-20100919_Marmaritsa_beach_Maronia_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/20100919_Marmaritsa_beach_Maronia_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_panorama.jpg/240px-20100919_Marmaritsa_beach_Maronia_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8358" data-file-height="1972" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Marmaritsa beach and the active rift of <a href="/wiki/Maronia" class="mw-redirect" title="Maronia">Maronia</a> - <a href="/wiki/Makri,_Evros" title="Makri, Evros">Makri</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20100215_Fanari_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sandy beach in Fanari."><img alt="Sandy beach in Fanari." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/20100215_Fanari_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_3.jpg/120px-20100215_Fanari_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/20100215_Fanari_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_3.jpg/180px-20100215_Fanari_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/20100215_Fanari_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_3.jpg/240px-20100215_Fanari_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4239" data-file-height="2810" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sandy beach in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fanari,_Rodopi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fanari, Rodopi (page does not exist)">Fanari</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20111002_Kaggeles_beach_Rodhope_West_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kangeles beach."><img alt="Kangeles beach." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/20111002_Kaggeles_beach_Rodhope_West_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg/120px-20111002_Kaggeles_beach_Rodhope_West_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/20111002_Kaggeles_beach_Rodhope_West_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg/180px-20111002_Kaggeles_beach_Rodhope_West_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/20111002_Kaggeles_beach_Rodhope_West_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg/240px-20111002_Kaggeles_beach_Rodhope_West_Thrace_Greece_Panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5310" data-file-height="1828" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kangeles beach.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20090423_Komotini_Greece_church_mhtropolh_koimhsews_ths_theotokou.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The post-Byzantine church of Dormition of the Mother of God in Komotini (1800)."><img alt="The post-Byzantine church of Dormition of the Mother of God in Komotini (1800)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/20090423_Komotini_Greece_church_mhtropolh_koimhsews_ths_theotokou.jpg/120px-20090423_Komotini_Greece_church_mhtropolh_koimhsews_ths_theotokou.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/20090423_Komotini_Greece_church_mhtropolh_koimhsews_ths_theotokou.jpg/180px-20090423_Komotini_Greece_church_mhtropolh_koimhsews_ths_theotokou.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/20090423_Komotini_Greece_church_mhtropolh_koimhsews_ths_theotokou.jpg/240px-20090423_Komotini_Greece_church_mhtropolh_koimhsews_ths_theotokou.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="802" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The post-Byzantine church of <i>Dormition of the Mother of God</i> in <a href="/wiki/Komotini" title="Komotini">Komotini</a> <i>(1800)</i>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20120105_exterior_Imaret_Komotini_Western_Thrace_Greece_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Imaret of Komotini."><img alt="The Imaret of Komotini." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/20120105_exterior_Imaret_Komotini_Western_Thrace_Greece_1.jpg/120px-20120105_exterior_Imaret_Komotini_Western_Thrace_Greece_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/20120105_exterior_Imaret_Komotini_Western_Thrace_Greece_1.jpg/180px-20120105_exterior_Imaret_Komotini_Western_Thrace_Greece_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/20120105_exterior_Imaret_Komotini_Western_Thrace_Greece_1.jpg/240px-20120105_exterior_Imaret_Komotini_Western_Thrace_Greece_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2941" data-file-height="2684" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Imaret of Komotini.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20100418_Maximianoupolis_Mosynopolis_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The circumcenter temple of Maximianoupolis - Mosynoupolis."><img alt="The circumcenter temple of Maximianoupolis - Mosynoupolis." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/20100418_Maximianoupolis_Mosynopolis_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_2.jpg/120px-20100418_Maximianoupolis_Mosynopolis_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/20100418_Maximianoupolis_Mosynopolis_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_2.jpg/180px-20100418_Maximianoupolis_Mosynopolis_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/20100418_Maximianoupolis_Mosynopolis_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_2.jpg/240px-20100418_Maximianoupolis_Mosynopolis_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The circumcenter temple of <a href="/wiki/Mosynopolis" title="Mosynopolis">Maximianoupolis - Mosynoupolis</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20091215_Organi_Mosque_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Organi village in mountainous Rhodope."><img alt="Organi village in mountainous Rhodope." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/20091215_Organi_Mosque_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece.jpg/120px-20091215_Organi_Mosque_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/20091215_Organi_Mosque_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece.jpg/180px-20091215_Organi_Mosque_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/20091215_Organi_Mosque_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece.jpg/240px-20091215_Organi_Mosque_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1065" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Organi" title="Organi">Organi</a> village in mountainous Rhodope.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20100410_Gratini_Rhodope_Thrace_Greece_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gratini village."><img 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a href="/wiki/Drama_(regional_unit)" title="Drama (regional unit)">Drama</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doxato" title="Doxato">Doxato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drama,_Greece" title="Drama, Greece">Drama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kato_Nevrokopi" title="Kato Nevrokopi">Kato Nevrokopi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paranesti" title="Paranesti">Paranesti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosotsani" title="Prosotsani">Prosotsani</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Periferia_Anatolikis_Makedonias_ke_Thrakis.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Periferia_Anatolikis_Makedonias_ke_Thrakis.png/120px-Periferia_Anatolikis_Makedonias_ke_Thrakis.png" 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title="Samothrace">Samothrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soufli" title="Soufli">Soufli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a href="/wiki/Kavala_(regional_unit)" title="Kavala (regional unit)">Kavala</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kavala" title="Kavala">Kavala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nestos_(municipality)" title="Nestos (municipality)">Nestos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pangaio" title="Pangaio">Pangaio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rhodope</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arriana" title="Arriana">Arriana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iasmos" title="Iasmos">Iasmos</a></li> <li><a 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title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drama_(regional_unit)" title="Drama (regional unit)">Drama</a><sup>d</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elis_(regional_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elis (regional unit)">Elis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euboea_(regional_unit)" title="Euboea (regional unit)">Euboea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evros_(regional_unit)" title="Evros (regional unit)">Evros</a><sup>d</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evrytania" title="Evrytania">Evrytania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grevena_(regional_unit)" title="Grevena (regional unit)">Grevena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraklion_(regional_unit)" title="Heraklion (regional unit)">Heraklion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imathia" title="Imathia">Imathia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannina_(regional_unit)" title="Ioannina (regional unit)">Ioannina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kallipolis_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kallipolis Prefecture (page does not exist)">Kallipolis</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karditsa_(regional_unit)" title="Karditsa (regional unit)">Karditsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastoria_(regional_unit)" title="Kastoria (regional unit)">Kastoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavala_Prefecture" title="Kavala Prefecture">Kavala</a><sup>d</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkis_(regional_unit)" title="Kilkis (regional unit)">Kilkis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korytsa_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Korytsa Prefecture (page does not exist)">Korytsa</a><sup>b</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacedaemon_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lacedaemon Prefecture (page does not exist)">Lacedaemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laconia" title="Laconia">Laconia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lakoniki_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lakoniki Prefecture (page does not exist)">Lakoniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larissa_(regional_unit)" title="Larissa (regional unit)">Larissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lasithi" title="Lasithi">Lasithi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefkada_(regional_unit)" title="Lefkada (regional unit)">Lefkada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesbos_Prefecture" title="Lesbos Prefecture">Lesbos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnesia_Prefecture" title="Magnesia Prefecture">Magnesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messenia" title="Messenia">Messenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pella_(regional_unit)" title="Pella (regional unit)">Pella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phocis and Locris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phocis" title="Phocis">Phocis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phthiotis and Phocis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis" title="Phthiotis">Phthiotis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pieria_(regional_unit)" title="Pieria (regional unit)">Pieria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piraeus_Prefecture" title="Piraeus Prefecture">Piraeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preveza_(regional_unit)" title="Preveza (regional unit)">Preveza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rethymno_(regional_unit)" title="Rethymno (regional unit)">Rethymno</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhaedestos_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhaedestos Prefecture (page does not exist)">Rhaedestos</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rhodope</a><sup>d</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos_Prefecture" title="Samos Prefecture">Samos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saranta_Ekklisies_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saranta Ekklisies Prefecture (page does not exist)">Saranta Ekklisies</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serres_(regional_unit)" title="Serres (regional unit)">Serres</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sfakia_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sfakia Prefecture (page does not exist)">Sfakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thesprotia" title="Thesprotia">Thesprotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_(regional_unit)" title="Thessaloniki (regional unit)">Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trikala_(regional_unit)" title="Trikala (regional unit)">Trikala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trifylia_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trifylia Prefecture (page does not exist)">Trifylia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xanthi_(regional_unit)" title="Xanthi (regional unit)">Xanthi</a><sup>d</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zakynthos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="By_year_established" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">By year established</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1800s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>1833</dt> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Achaea_and_Elis_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Achaea and Elis Prefecture (page does not exist)">Achaea and Elis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Aetolia-Acarnania" title="Aetolia-Acarnania">Aetolia-Acarnania</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arcadia_(regional_unit)" title="Arcadia (regional unit)">Arcadia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Argolis_and_Corinthia_Prefecture" title="Argolis and Corinthia Prefecture">Argolis and Corinthia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Attica_and_Boeotia_Prefecture" title="Attica and Boeotia Prefecture">Attica and Boeotia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cyclades" title="Cyclades">Cyclades</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Euboea_(regional_unit)" title="Euboea (regional unit)">Euboea</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Laconia" title="Laconia">Laconia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Messenia" title="Messenia">Messenia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phocis and Locris</a></dd> <dt>1845</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phthiotis and Phocis</a></dd> <dt>1864</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Corfu_(regional_unit)" title="Corfu (regional unit)">Corfu</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kefalonia_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kefalonia Prefecture">Kefallinia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lefkada_(regional_unit)" title="Lefkada (regional unit)">Lefkada</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zakynthos</a></dd> <dt>1882</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arta_(regional_unit)" title="Arta (regional unit)">Arta</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Larissa_(regional_unit)" title="Larissa (regional unit)">Larissa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Trikala_(regional_unit)" title="Trikala (regional unit)">Trikala</a></dd> <dt>1899</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaea</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Argolis" title="Argolis">Argolis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Attica_Prefecture" title="Attica Prefecture">Attica</a><sup>c</sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Boeotia" title="Boeotia">Boeotia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Corinthia" title="Corinthia">Corinthia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elis_(regional_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elis (regional unit)">Elis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Evrytania" title="Evrytania">Evrytania</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Karditsa_(regional_unit)" title="Karditsa (regional unit)">Karditsa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacedaemon_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lacedaemon Prefecture (page does not exist)">Lacedaemon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lakoniki_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lakoniki Prefecture (page does not exist)">Lakoniki</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Magnesia_Prefecture" title="Magnesia Prefecture">Magnesia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phocis" title="Phocis">Phocis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phthiotis" title="Phthiotis">Phthiotis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trifylia_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trifylia Prefecture (page does not exist)">Trifylia</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>1912</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chania_(regional_unit)" title="Chania (regional unit)">Chania</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Heraklion_(regional_unit)" title="Heraklion (regional unit)">Heraklion</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lasithi" title="Lasithi">Lasithi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rethymno_(regional_unit)" title="Rethymno (regional unit)">Rethymno</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sfakia_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sfakia Prefecture (page does not exist)">Sfakia</a></dd> <dt>1914</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_(regional_unit)" title="Thessaloniki (regional unit)">Thessaloniki</a></dd> <dt>1915</dt> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Argyrokastron_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Argyrokastron Prefecture (page does not exist)">Argyrokastron</a><sup>b</sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chalkidiki" title="Chalkidiki">Chalkidiki</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chios_(regional_unit)" title="Chios (regional unit)">Chios</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Drama_(regional_unit)" title="Drama (regional unit)">Drama</a><sup>d</sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ioannina_(regional_unit)" title="Ioannina (regional unit)">Ioannina</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kavala_Prefecture" title="Kavala Prefecture">Kavala</a><sup>d</sup></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korytsa_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Korytsa Prefecture (page does not exist)">Korytsa</a><sup>b</sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lesbos_Prefecture" title="Lesbos Prefecture">Lesbos</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Preveza_(regional_unit)" title="Preveza (regional unit)">Preveza</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Samos_Prefecture" title="Samos Prefecture">Samos</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Serres_(regional_unit)" title="Serres (regional unit)">Serres</a></dd> <dt>1920</dt> <dd><a 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href="/wiki/Kilkis_(regional_unit)" title="Kilkis (regional unit)">Kilkis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Thesprotia" title="Thesprotia">Thesprotia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kastoria_(regional_unit)" title="Kastoria (regional unit)">Kastoria</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Xanthi_(regional_unit)" title="Xanthi (regional unit)">Xanthi</a><sup>d</sup></dd> <dt>1947</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dodecanese" title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Imathia" title="Imathia">Imathia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pieria_(regional_unit)" title="Pieria (regional unit)">Pieria</a></dd> <dt>1964</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Grevena_(regional_unit)" title="Grevena (regional unit)">Grevena</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Piraeus_Prefecture" title="Piraeus Prefecture">Piraeus</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><sup>a</sup> In <a href="/wiki/East_Thrace" 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