Corfu () 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

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of the

Ionian Islands The Ionian Islands (Modern Greek: , ; Ancient Greek, Katharevousa: , ) are a archipelago, group of islands in the Ionian Sea, west of mainland Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese ("Seven Islands"; , ''Heptanēsa'' or , ''Heptanē ...

. The capital of the regional unit is the town of

Corfu Corfu ( , ) or Kerkyra (, ) is a Greece, Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands; including its Greek islands, small satellite islands, it forms the margin of Greece's northwestern frontier. The island is part of the Corfu (regio ...

. The regional unit consists of the islands of

, Paxoi, Othonoi, Ereikoussa,

Mathraki Mathraki (, ) is an island and a former community of the Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. It is one of the Diapontian Islands. Since the 2019 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontian Is ...

and several smaller islands, all in the

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Administration

Since 2019, the regional unit Corfu is subdivided into 4 municipalities: * Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands * North Corfu * Paxoi * South Corfu

Prefecture

As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Corfu was created out of the former

prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin word, "''praefectura"'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain inter ...

Corfu ().ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis Programme law text
/ref> The prefecture, created in 1864, had the same territory as the present regional unit.

Provinces

The

provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''provi ...

were: * Corfu Province -

* Paxoi Province - Gaios

Population

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