Geographic Regions Of Greece

Despite their replacement as first-level administrative units by only partly identical administrative regions (Greek: περιφέρειες), the nine traditional geographic regions—six on the mainland and three island groups—are still widely referred to in unofficial contexts and in daily discourse.

As of 2011^[update], 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.

Geographic region	Post-1987 administrative region(s)	Map
Aegean Islands	split into North Aegean, South Aegean
Central Greece	split into Attica, Central Greece, part of Western Greece
Crete	identical
Epirus	identical
Ionian Islands	identical, apart from Kythira, which became part of Attica
Macedonia	split into Western Macedonia, Central Macedonia, part of East Macedonia and Thrace
Peloponnese	split into Peloponnese, part of Western Greece
Thessaly	identical
Thrace	merged into East Macedonia and Thrace

• Regions of ancient Greece