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The Hellenic Coast Guard ( Greek: Λιμενικό Σώμα-Ελληνική Ακτοφυλακή, romanized : Limeniko Soma-Elliniki Aktofylaki, lit. 'Harbor Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard') is the national coast guard of Greece. Like many other coast guards, it is a paramilitary organization that can support the Hellenic Navy in wartime, but ...
Regions of the Greek islands. Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the ...
As of 2011, the official administrative divisions of Greece consist of 13 regions (Greek: περιφέρειες)—nine on the mainland and four island groups—which are further subdivided into 74 regional units and 325 municipalities. Formerly, there were also 54 prefectures or prefectural-level administrations.
Mathraki ( Greek: Μαθράκι, Ancient Greek: Μαθράκιον) is an island and a former community of the Ionian Islands, Greece. It is one of the Diapontian Islands. Since the 2019 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands, of which it is a municipal unit. [ 2]
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.
The location of Greece An enlargeable map of Greece. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greece: Greece – sovereign country located on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe. [1] It borders Albania, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east.
Othonoi. / 39.850°N 19.400°E / 39.850; 19.400. Othonoi ( Greek: Οθωνοί, also rendered as Othoni, Ancient Greek: Ὀθρωνός, romanized : Othrōnós) is a small inhabited Greek island in the Ionian Sea, located northwest of Corfu, and is the westernmost point of Greece. Othonoi is the largest and most populated of the ...
Reverted to version as of 17:09, 17 January 2015 (UTC) The islands are part of geographical Aegean Sea nevertheless. 11:28, 25 March 2016: 8,460 × 7,315 (1.37 MB) Nikospag: Thasos and Sporades are not part of Aegean Islands region: 17:09, 17 January 2015: 8,460 × 7,315 (1.83 MB) SilentResident