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Attica Region is an administrative division of Greece that serves as the country's political and economic center. It matters because it contains Athens, Greece's capital and largest city, making it the most important region for Greek governance, culture, and economic activity.
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Vinony's link graph records 796 inbound references to Attica Region, and connects out to Mediterranean climate, Aegina and Elefsina.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including 1987 establishments in Greece, Attica and NUTS 1 statistical regions of Greece.
Vinony links it to 60 Wikipedia language editions.
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Location
- Athens, Greece
- Also known as
- ROA, Periferia Attikis, Region Attika, Περιφέρεια Αττικής
- Status
- Active
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative region of Greece
- Official name
- Περιφέρεια Αττικής
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Decentralized Administration of Attica
- Contains
- Islands Regional Unit
- Capital
- Athens
- Population
- 3814064
- Area
- 3808.1
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Peloponnese
- Official website
- www.patt.gov.gr
- Image
- 2014-10-22 11-32-46 Greece Attika - Rafína.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Attica
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Attica
- inception
- 2011-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Attica
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Attica
- Commons category
- Attica
- office held by head of government
- governor
- native label
- Περιφέρεια Αττικής
- replaces
- Attica Prefecture
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1252493
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Encyclopedic overview
Attica (/ˈætɪkə/ AT-ih-kə; Greek: Περιφέρεια Αττικής, romanized: Periféria Attikís, [periˈferi.a atiˈcis]) is an administrative region of Greece that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, the core city of which is the country's capital and largest city, Athens. The region is coextensive with the former Attica Prefecture of Central Greece and covers a greater area than the historical region of Attica.
Overview
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Attica Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.