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The peripheries (?e??f??e?e?) (more properly "regions", in English) are the official regional administrative division
Administrative division

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s of Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. There are 13 peripheries (nine on the mainland and four island groups), which are further subdivided into 54 prefectures
Prefectures of Greece

Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 Super-prefectures of Greece and 54 prefectures or nomes ....
.

Traditionally, and also officially until 1987, there were 10 geographical Regions of Greece
Regions of Greece

The regions are the traditional administrative divisions of Greece, still widely used in daily discourse. There are 10 regions , which are further subdivided into 54 Prefectures of Greece....
, which are still sometimes used in popular discourse. These are not to be confused with the new peripheries, even though the latter are largely based on the former, because there are areas of divergence.






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The peripheries (?e??f??e?e?) (more properly "regions", in English) are the official regional administrative division
Administrative division

|align="right"| |}Administrative divisions are divisions of a political division. In other words, they are designated portions of a country....
s of Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. There are 13 peripheries (nine on the mainland and four island groups), which are further subdivided into 54 prefectures
Prefectures of Greece

Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 Super-prefectures of Greece and 54 prefectures or nomes ....
.

Traditionally, and also officially until 1987, there were 10 geographical Regions of Greece
Regions of Greece

The regions are the traditional administrative divisions of Greece, still widely used in daily discourse. There are 10 regions , which are further subdivided into 54 Prefectures of Greece....
, which are still sometimes used in popular discourse. These are not to be confused with the new peripheries, even though the latter are largely based on the former, because there are areas of divergence. For example, the new periphery of the Peloponnese does not include part of the landmass traditionally known as the Peloponnese; the excluded part now finds itself in the periphery of Western Greece.

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  1. Attica
    Attica

    Attica is a Peripheries of Greece in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. Attica is subdivided into the prefectures of Greece of Athens Prefecture, Piraeus Prefecture, East Attica and West Attica....
  2. Central Greece
    Central Greece (periphery)

    The periphery of Continental Greece or Central Greece is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It is divided into the Prefectures of Greece of Euboea, Evrytania, Phocis, Phthiotis, and Boeotia Prefecture....
  3. Central Macedonia
    Central Macedonia

    Central Macedonia is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece of Greece, consisting of the central part of the regions of Greece of Macedonia ....
  4. Crete
    Crete

    Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
  5. East Macedonia and Thrace
    East Macedonia and Thrace

    East Macedonia and Thrace is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece of Greece, consisting of the eastern part of the regions of Greece of Macedonia along with the region of Western Thrace....
  6. Epirus
    Epirus (periphery)

    Epirus , is a Peripheries of Greece in northwestern Greece. It borders the peripheries of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, Stere? Ell?da to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north....
  7. Ionian Islands
    Ionian Islands

    The Ionian Islands are a island group in Greece. They are traditionally called "Eptanisa", i.e. "the Seven Islands" , but the group includes many smaller islands as well as the seven principal ones....
  8. North Aegean
    North Aegean

    North Aegean is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It consists of the Prefectures of Greece of Chios, Lesbos Prefecture and Samos Prefecture....
  9. Peloponnese
    Peloponnese (periphery)

    Peloponnese , is a Peripheries of Greece in southern Greece. It borders the periphery of West Greece to the north and that of Attica to the north-east....
  10. South Aegean
    South Aegean

    South Aegean is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese islands in the South Aegean Sea. The capital of the periphery is situated in Ermoupoli, Syros island while a suboffice is operating in Rhodes, the economical, social and tourism centre of the periphery....
  11. Thessaly
    Thessaly

    Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
  12. West Greece
    West Greece

    West Greece is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It is divided into the Prefectures of Greece of Achaea, Aetolia-Acarnania and Elis Prefecture....
  13. West Macedonia
    West Macedonia

    West Macedonia is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece of Greece, consisting of the western part of the regions of Greece of Macedonia . It is divided into the Prefectures of Greece of Florina Prefecture, Grevena Prefecture, Kastoria Prefecture, and Kozani Prefecture....


Bordering the periphery of Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia

Central Macedonia is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece of Greece, consisting of the central part of the regions of Greece of Macedonia ....
 there is one autonomous region, Mount Athos
Mount Athos

Mount Athos is a mountain on the peninsula of the same name in Macedonia , of northern Greece, called in Greek language Agion Oros , or in English, "Holy Mountain"....
 (Ayion Oros, or "Holy Mountain"), a monastic
Monasticism

Monasticism is the religion practice in which one renounces world pursuits in order to fully devote one's life to spiritual work. The origin of the word is from Ancient Greek, and the idea was originally related to Christian monks....
 state under Greek sovereignty. It is located on the easternmost of the three large "fingers" jutting into the Aegean
Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkans and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectively....
 from the Chalcidice
Chalcidice

Chalkidiki, also Halkidiki or Chalcidice, less often Khalkidiki and rarely Chalkidice , is one of the prefectures of Greece....
 peninsula.