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title="Geographic regions of Greece">geographic regions of Greece</a>.</div> <table class="vertical-navbox vcard" style="float:right;clear:right;width:22.0em;margin:0 0 1.0em 1.0em;background:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:0.2em;border-spacing:0.4em 0;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%"> <tr> <th style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.2em;font-size:145%;line-height:1.2em"> <div class="adr" style="font-size:smaller"><span class="fn org country-name"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></span></div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Greece.svg" class="image"><img alt="Coat of arms of Greece.svg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Coat_of_arms_of_Greece.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_Greece.svg.png" width="90" height="88" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Coat_of_arms_of_Greece.svg/135px-Coat_of_arms_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Coat_of_arms_of_Greece.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="538" data-file-height="528"/></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid">This article is part of a series on the<br/> <span style="font-weight:bold"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Greece" title="Politics of Greece">politics and government of<br/> Greece</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"> <div class="NavHead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Greece" title="Constitution of Greece">Constitution</a></div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center;text-align:left;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_history_of_Greece" title="Constitutional history of Greece">Constitutional history</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"> <div class="NavHead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Greece#Executive_branch" title="Politics of Greece">Executive</a></div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center;text-align:left;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Greece" title="President of Greece">President</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Greece" title="List of heads of state of Greece">list</a>)</small> <dl> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokopis_Pavlopoulos" title="Prokopis Pavlopoulos">Prokopis Pavlopoulos</a></dd> </dl> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Departments_(Greece)" title="Presidential Departments (Greece)">Presidential Departments</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Greece" title="Prime Minister of Greece">Prime Minister</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Greece" title="List of Prime Ministers of Greece">list</a>)</small> <dl> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Tsipras" title="Alexis Tsipras">Alexis Tsipras</a></dd> </dl> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Greece" title="Cabinet of Greece">Cabinet</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cabinets_of_Greece" title="List of cabinets of Greece">list</a>)</small></li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"> <div class="NavHead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Greece#Legislative_branch" title="Politics of Greece">Legislature</a></div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center;text-align:left;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Parliament" title="Hellenic Parliament">Parliament</a> <dl> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Hellenic_Parliament" title="Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament">Speaker</a>: <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoi_Konstantopoulou" title="Zoi Konstantopoulou">Zoi Konstantopoulou</a></dd> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidium_of_the_Hellenic_Parliament" title="Presidium of the Hellenic Parliament">Presidium</a></dd> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conference_of_Presidents_(Greece)" title="Conference of Presidents (Greece)">Conference of Presidents</a></dd> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_Committees_(Greece)" title="Parliamentary Committees (Greece)">Parliamentary committees</a></dd> </dl> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"> <div class="NavHead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Greece#Judicial_branch" title="Politics of Greece">Judiciary</a></div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center;text-align:left;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Greece" title="Judicial system of Greece">Judicial system</a> <dl> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Special_Court_(Greece)" title="Supreme Special Court (Greece)">Supreme Special Court</a></dd> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Cassation_(Greece)" title="Court of Cassation (Greece)">Court of Cassation</a></dd> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_State_(Greece)" title="Council of State (Greece)">Council of State</a></dd> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Accounts_(Greece)" title="Chamber of Accounts (Greece)" class="mw-redirect">Chamber of Accounts</a></dd> </dl> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"> <div class="NavHead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Greece" title="Administrative divisions of Greece">Administrative divisions</a></div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center;text-align:left;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_regions_of_Greece" title="Modern regions of Greece" class="mw-redirect">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_of_Greece" title="Municipalities of Greece" class="mw-redirect">Municipalities</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"> <div class="NavHead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Greece" title="Elections in Greece">Elections</a></div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center;text-align:left;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Greece" title="List of political parties in Greece">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_of_Greece" title="List of parliamentary constituencies of Greece">Parliamentary constituencies</a></li> <li>Forthcoming election <dl> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Greek_legislative_election" title="Next Greek legislative election">Next <small style="font-size:85%;">(legislative)</small></a></dd> </dl> </li> <li>Recent elections <dl> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_legislative_election,_2015" title="Greek legislative election, 2015">January 2015 <small style="font-size:85%;">(legislative)</small></a></dd> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2014_(Greece)" title="European Parliament election, 2014 (Greece)">May 2014 <small style="font-size:85%;">(European)</small></a></dd> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_local_elections,_2014" title="Greek local elections, 2014">May 2014 <small style="font-size:85%;">(local)</small></a></dd> <dd><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_legislative_election,_June_2012" title="Greek legislative election, June 2012">June 2012 <small style="font-size:85%;">(legislative)</small></a></dd> </dl> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"> <div 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style="font-size:90%;"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320205218/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Greece" class="extiw" title="commons:Atlas of Greece">Atlas</a></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:90%;"><span class="metadata"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_coloured_voting_box.svg" class="image"><img alt="Portal icon" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/16px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png" width="16" height="16" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/24px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/32px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160"/></a></span> <a 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href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Greece" title="Administrative divisions of Greece">administrative</a> regions of <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></b> (<a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el" xml:lang="el">περιφέρειες</span>, <i>peripheries</i>) are the country's first-level administrative entities, each comprising several second-level units, originally <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">prefectures</a> and since 2011 <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">regional units</a>.</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Kallikratis_Plan_administrative_divisions"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext"><i>Kallikratis Plan</i> administrative divisions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><a href="#History" class="mw-headline-anchor" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this section">§</a><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Administrative_regions_of_Greece&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The current regions were established in 1987, replacing the traditional division into broad <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_regions_of_Greece" title="Geographic regions of Greece">historical–geographical regions</a> (γεωγραφικά διαμερίσματα), which are still often used in popular discourse and in statistics. Although the post-1987 regions were mostly based on the earlier divisions, they are usually smaller and, in a few cases, do not overlap with the traditional definitions: for instance, the region of <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Greece" title="Western Greece">Western Greece</a>, which had no previous analogue, comprises territory belonging to the <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnese" title="Peloponnese">Peloponnese</a> peninsula and the traditional region of <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Greece" title="Central Greece">Central Greece</a>.</p> <p>The first seven <i>peripheries</i> were established by the then-ruling <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%931974" title="Greek military junta of 1967–1974" class="mw-redirect">military regime</a> in 1971. They were abolished after the fall of <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgios_Papadopoulos" title="Georgios Papadopoulos">Georgios Papadopoulos</a> in November 1973. The current regions were created by Law 1622/1986 and Presidential Decree 51/1987, and were conceived as an auxiliary regional level of the central government.</p> <p>As part of Greece's <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralization" title="Decentralization">decentralization</a> process, they were accorded more powers in the 1997 <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapodistrias_reform" title="Kapodistrias reform">Kapodistrias reform</a> of local and regional government. They were transformed into fully separate entities by the 2010 <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallikratis_plan" title="Kallikratis plan" class="mw-redirect">Kallikratis plan</a> (Law 3852/2010), which entered into effect on 1 January 2011. In the 2011 changes, the government-appointed general secretary (γενικός γραμματέας) was replaced with a popularly elected regional governor (περιφερειάρχης) and a regional council (περιφερειακό συμβούλιο) with 5-year terms. Many powers of <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">the prefectures</a>, which were also abolished or reformed into <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">regional units</a>, were transferred to the region level.</p> <table class="wikitable"> <tr> <td> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GreeceNumberedPerepheries.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/GreeceNumberedPerepheries.png/200px-GreeceNumberedPerepheries.png" width="200" height="204" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/GreeceNumberedPerepheries.png/300px-GreeceNumberedPerepheries.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/GreeceNumberedPerepheries.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="408"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GreeceNumberedPerepheries.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Map showing modern regions of Greece</div> </div> </div> </td> <td> <ol> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attica_(region)" title="Attica (region)">Attica</a> / Αττική</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Greece_(region)" title="Central Greece (region)">Central Greece</a> / Στερεά Ελλάδα</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Macedonia" title="Central Macedonia">Central Macedonia</a> / Κεντρική Μακεδονία</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> / Κρήτη</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Macedonia_and_Thrace" title="East Macedonia and Thrace" class="mw-redirect">East Macedonia and Thrace</a> / Ανατολική Μακεδονία και Θράκη</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epirus_(region)" title="Epirus (region)">Epirus</a> / Ήπειρος</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_Islands_(region)" title="Ionian Islands (region)">Ionian Islands</a> / Ιόνια νησιά</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Aegean" title="North Aegean" class="mw-redirect">North Aegean</a> / Βόρειο Αιγαίο</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnese_(region)" title="Peloponnese (region)">Peloponnese</a> / Πελοπόννησος</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Aegean" title="South Aegean" class="mw-redirect">South Aegean</a> / Νότιο Αιγαίο</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a> / Θεσσαλία</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Greece" title="Western Greece">Western Greece</a> / Δυτική Ελλάδα</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Macedonia" title="West Macedonia" class="mw-redirect">West Macedonia</a> / Δυτική Μακεδονία</li> </ol> </td> </tr> </table> <p>Bordering the region of <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Macedonia" title="Central Macedonia">Central Macedonia</a> there is one autonomous region, <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a> (<i>Agion Oros</i>, or "Holy Mountain"), a <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monasticism" title="Monasticism">monastic</a> community under Greek sovereignty. It is located on the easternmost of the three large peninsulas jutting into the <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean</a> from the <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcidice_Peninsula" title="Chalcidice Peninsula" class="mw-redirect">Chalcidice Peninsula</a>.</p> <h2><a href="#Kallikratis_Plan_administrative_divisions" class="mw-headline-anchor" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this section">§</a><span class="mw-headline" id="Kallikratis_Plan_administrative_divisions"><i>Kallikratis Plan</i> administrative divisions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Administrative_regions_of_Greece&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Kallikratis Plan administrative divisions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallikratis_plan" title="Kallikratis plan" class="mw-redirect">Kallikratis plan</a> (Law 3852/2010), which entered into effect on 1 January 2011, transformed the modern regions of Greece into 7 fully separate entities by the 2010 with elected regional governors and regional councils.</p> <p>The previous government-appointed general secretary disappeared at the regional level, and the regional organs of the central government were in turn replaced by seven <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Decentralized_administrations_of_Greece&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decentralized administrations of Greece (page does not exist)">decentralized administrations</a> (<a 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srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/GreeceDioikiseis.png/375px-GreeceDioikiseis.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320205218im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/GreeceDioikiseis.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="408"/></a></div> <div class="legend"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block; width:1.5em; height:1.5em; margin:1px 0; border:1px solid black; background-color: #FFCD00; color:black; font-size:100%; text-align:center;"> </span>  <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attica_(region)" title="Attica (region)">Attica</a>, with the capital of <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></div> <div class="legend"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block; width:1.5em; height:1.5em; margin:1px 0; border:1px solid black; background-color:green; color:black; font-size:100%; 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style="display:inline-block; width:1.5em; height:1.5em; margin:1px 0; border:1px solid black; background-color: #8F00FF; color:black; font-size:100%; text-align:center;"> </span>  <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a> - <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Greece_(region)" title="Central Greece (region)">Central Greece</a>, with the capital of <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a></div> <div class="legend"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block; width:1.5em; height:1.5em; margin:1px 0; border:1px solid black; background-color: #808000;; color:black; font-size:100%; text-align:center;"> </span>  <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnese_(region)" title="Peloponnese (region)">Peloponnese</a>, <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Greece" title="Western Greece">Western Greece</a> and <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_Islands" title="Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands</a>, with the capital of <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patras" title="Patras">Patras</a></div> <div class="legend"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block; width:1.5em; height:1.5em; margin:1px 0; border:1px solid black; background-color:blue; color:black; font-size:100%; text-align:center;"> </span>  <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_Islands" title="Aegean Islands">Aegean Islands</a>, with the capital of <a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piraeus" title="Piraeus">Piraeus</a></div> <div class="legend"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block; width:1.5em; height:1.5em; margin:1px 0; border:1px solid black; background-color: #FF6600; color:black; font-size:100%; text-align:center;"> </span>  <a 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title="Meridarch">meris</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naucrary" title="Naucrary">naukrareia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satrap" title="Satrap">satrapeia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategos" title="Strategos">strategis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(Byzantine_district)" title="Theme (Byzantine district)">thema</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toparches" title="Toparches">toparchia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turma" title="Turma">tourma</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"> <div><sup>§</sup> signifies a defunct institution</div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td 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href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Denmark" title="Regions of Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Estonia" title="Counties of Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Finland" title="Regions of Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)">Georgia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_regions_of_Greece" title="Modern regions of Greece" class="mw-redirect">Greece</a></li> <li><a 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title="Municipalities of San Marino">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Serbia" title="List of districts of Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Slovakia" title="Regions of Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_of_Slovenia" title="Municipalities of Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Sweden" title="Counties of Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320205218/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of 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