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Key facts
- Country
- Greece
- Administrative region
- Peloponnese
- Seat
- Kalamata
- Total
- 2,991 km (1,155 sq mi)
- Density
- 48.84/km (126.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+3 ( EEST )
- Postal code
- 24x xx
- Area code
- 272x0, 276x0
- Vehicle registration
- ΚΜ
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- prefecture of Greece
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Peloponnese Region
- Capital
- Kalamata
- Area
- 2154
- Image
- Kyparissia.jpg
- Licence plate code
- KM
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- Commons category
- Messenia
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- postal code
- 24x xx
- replaced by
- Messenia Regional Unit
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Kalamata castle Port of Kalamata Messinia from Mt. Ithome View of Pylos on the Bay of Navarino Messenia or Messinia (/məˈsiːniə/ mə-SEE-nee-ə; Greek: Μεσσηνία [mesiˈni.a]) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture (nomos) covering the same territory. The capital and largest city of Messenia is Kalamata.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Messenia Prefecture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.