Central Athens () is one of the
regional units of Greece
The 74 regional units of Greece (, ; singular , ) are the country's third-level administrative units (counting decentralized administrations as first-level). They are subdivisions of the country's 13 regions, and are further divided into munici ...
. It is part of the
region
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of
Attica
Attica (, ''Attikḗ'' (Ancient Greek) or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital city, capital of Greece and the core cit ...
. The regional unit covers the central part of the agglomeration of
Greater Athens.
Administration
As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Central Athens was created out of part of the former
Athens Prefecture. It is subdivided into 8 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):
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Municipality of Athens
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(''Dimos Athinaion'', 1)
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Dafni-Ymittos (2)
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Galatsi
Galatsi (, ''Galátsi'' ), called in Katharevousa Galatsion (, ''Galátsion''), is a town, a northern suburb of Athens agglomeration, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica (region), Attica region. The municipality has an area of 4.026 km ...
(4)
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Ilioupoli
Ilioupoli (, " Sun City") is a suburban municipality and a town in Central Athens regional unit and located in the central-southern part of the Athens agglomeration. Its name is the modern form of the ancient name of Heliopolis in Egypt ...
(5)
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Kaisariani (6)
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Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona (3)
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Vyronas (7)
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Zografou (8)
See also
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List of settlements in Attica
References
Regional units of Attica
2011 establishments in Greece
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