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Attica Periphery
Περιφέρεια Αττική?
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Location of Attica Periphery in Greece
 
Country:Greece
Capital:Athens
Prefectures:Athens
East Attica
Piraeus
West Attica
Population:0 (2005)
Area:3,808 km (0 sq.mi.)
Density:0 /km (0 /sq.mi.)
Website:www.attiki.gov.gr


Attica (Greek: Αττική, Attiki) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. Attica is subdivided into the prefectures of Athens, Piraeus, East Attica and West Attica.

Attica is located in what is today Southern Greece, and covers about 3,808 square kilometers. In addition to Athens, it contains within its area the cities of Peiraeus, Eleusis, Megara, Laurium, and Marathon, as well as a small part of the Peloponnese peninsula and the islands of Salamis, Aegina, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, Kythira, and Antikythera. About 3,750,000 people live in the periphery, of which more than 95% are inhabitants of the Athens metropolitan area.

Athens was originally the capital of Central Greece.

Geography

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Map of ancient Attica


Attica is a peninsula jutting into the Aegean Sea. Mountains divide the peninsula into the plains of Pedia, Mesogeia, and Thriasia. The mountains include Hymettus, the eastern portion of Geraneia, Parnitha, Aigaleo and the Penteli mountains. To the north it is bordered by the Boeotian plain and to the west it is bordered by Corinth. The Saronic Gulf lies to the south and the island of Euboea lies off the north coast. Athens' first and only large reservoir, Lake Marathon, is about 42 km northeast and is called the Marathon Dam, which first opened in the 1920s. Since that time, it has been Attica's largest lake. Forests cover the area around Parnitha, around Hymettus and into the northeast and the north in the hills and the mountains, except for the mountaintops, but the mountains to the west and the south are grassy, barren or forested.

The Cephisus River is the longest river, and Parnetha or Parnitha is the tallest mountain in Attica. The prefecture also has parklands in the Hymettus, Penteli and the Parnitha mountains and the southern part of the peninsula.

According to Plato, Attica's ancient boundaries were fixed by the Isthmus, and that in the direction of the continent they extended as far as the heights of Cithaeron and Parnes. The boundary line came down in the direction of the sea, having the district of Oropus on the right, and with the river Asopus as the limit on the left.

Climate

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The Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, the southernmost point of the Attica Periphery, was built c.440 B.C.


The climae is typically Mediterranean, with hot dry summers and generally low rainfall totals. Annual precipitation varies from 370 mm to over 1000 mm. Winters are cool and generally mild in the low-lying areas adjacent to the sea, but are harsher in the mountains. It is often the case that snowfalls cause disruption in areas of Attica, although these disruptions are hardly ever widespread for the whole of the region of Athens, with the latest cases being in January 2002, February 2004 and January 2006. The absolute minimum temperature of the region is -10.4C and was recorded at Votanikos, Athens, while the highest temperature was recorded at Tatoi (airport) and was +48.7C. Forest fires and flash floods are common.

Major communities

Transportation

Roads and Highways

The area is connected by roads and highways:

Ferry lines

Numerous ferry lines, both normal ferries and the "flying dolphins" (fast sea vessels), connect the port of Piraeus with the islands of the periphery.

Other

Sports

Football/soccer teams

Premier and second divisions A & B' Ethnikis (2006 / 07)

Third division

Junior division/unassorted

  • Aittitos - Spata
  • Aris Petroupoli - Petroupoli
  • Aris Vari FC - Vari
  • Artemis FC - Artemis (Loutsa)
  • Aspropyrgos
  • Gkyziakos - Gkyzi
  • Kouvaras AC - Kouvaras
  • Olympiakos Papagou - Papagou
  • Panelefsiniakos - Eleusis

All sports

  • Ampelokipoi AC - Athens (in the area of Ampelokipoi), fourth division
  • Ethnikos GS - Athens, fourth division
  • Fokianos Athinon - Athens, fourth division

Mini Football

Hospitals

Municipalities and communities

Provinces

  • Province of Attica - Athens
  • Province of Kythera
  • Province of Megara (Megaris) - Megara
  • Province of Salamis - Salamis, now part of Piraeus
The former provinces in italics no longer exist.

See also

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Peripheries of Greece
Attica • Central Greece • Central Macedonia • Crete • East Macedonia and Thrace • Epirus • Ionian Islands • North Aegean • Peloponnese • South Aegean • Thessaly • West Greece • West Macedonia • Mount Athos (autonomous region in Macedonia)
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Regions of Greece


Coordinates:
Attica is a region of Greece.

Attica may also refer to:

Places in Canada

  • Attica, Saskatchewan

Places in the United States

  • Attica, Indiana
  • Attica, Kansas
  • Attica Township, Michigan
  • Attica (town), New York

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Ελευθερία ή θάνατος
Eleftheria i thanatos  
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Location

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Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max): 70 - 338 m (0 - 0 ft)
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Athens is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is part of the periphery of Attica and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture. The capital of the prefecture is the city of Athens. The prefecture is very small and densely populated.
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East Attica is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is part of the periphery of Attica. The capital of the prefecture is the town of Pallini, and the prefecture covers the eastern part of the agglomeration of Athens, and also the rural area to its east.
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Piraeus is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is part of the periphery of Attica and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture. The capital of the prefecture is the city of Piraeus.
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West Attica is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is part of the periphery of Attica. The capital of the prefecture is the town of Elefsina. The prefecture covers the western part of the agglomeration of Athens, and the area to its west.
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Units

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Official language of:  Greece
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Greece

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Motto
Ελευθερία ή θάνατος
Eleftheria i thanatos  
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Location

Coordinates Coordinates:
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max): 70 - 338 m (0 - 0 ft)
Government
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Greece

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Athens is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is part of the periphery of Attica and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture. The capital of the prefecture is the city of Athens. The prefecture is very small and densely populated.
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Piraeus is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is part of the periphery of Attica and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture. The capital of the prefecture is the city of Piraeus.
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East Attica is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is part of the periphery of Attica. The capital of the prefecture is the town of Pallini, and the prefecture covers the eastern part of the agglomeration of Athens, and also the rural area to its east.
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West Attica is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is part of the periphery of Attica. The capital of the prefecture is the town of Elefsina. The prefecture covers the western part of the agglomeration of Athens, and the area to its west.
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Location

Coordinates Coordinates:
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max): 2 - 6.
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Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center): 4 m (0 ft)
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Lavrio  (Λαύριο?)

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The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth.
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Salamina
Σαλαμίνα

Kaki Vigla Beach
Geography

Coordinates: Coordinates:
Island Chain: Saronic Islands
Area:[1] 96.161 km (0 sq.mi.
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Aegina
Αίγινa

Agia Marina beach overlooked by local restaurants
Geography

Coordinates: Coordinates:
Island Chain: Saronic Islands
Area:[1] 87.
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