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Topographic map of Greece. Greece is located in South Eastern Europe, bordering the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a peninsular country, with an archipelago of about 3,000 islands. It has a total area of 131,957 km 2 (50,949 sq mi), [ 6] of which land area is 130,647 km 2 and internal waters (lakes and rivers) account for 1,310 km 2.
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.
4 December 1897 ( Treaty of Constantinople ): Following the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, minor territorial adjustments to the Greco-Ottoman border line were undertaken in favour of the Ottomans. Crete becomes an autonomous state with a Greek prince as high commissioner. 30 May 1913 ( Treaty of London ): Following the First Balkan War, Greece ...
v. t. e. 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] Despite their replacement as first ...
Stores Type of store Parent; Bazaar Cash and Carry Market: 9 [9] Cash and carry: Bazaar SA Elephant Cash And Carry: 25: Cash and carry: Elephant Inc ENA: 14 [20] Cash and carry: Ahold Delhaize: Galaxias: 13 [9] Cash and carry: Pente SA The Mart: 11 [21] Cash and carry: Sklavenitis Masoutis Cash & Carry: 22 [14] Cash and carry: Diamandis ...
Central Greece is the most populous geographical region of Greece, with a population of 4,591,568 people, and covers an area of 24,818.3 km 2 (9,582.4 sq mi), making it the second-largest of the country. It is located to the north of the Peloponnese and to the south of Thessaly and Epirus, bordering the Aegean Sea to the east, the Ionian Sea to ...
The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Celts and others. They are alternatively known as ancient counties, [ 2][ 3] traditional counties, [ 4] former counties[ 5][ 6] or simply as counties. [ 7]
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties which were used for ...