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 Paxos () is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, lying just south of Corfu. As a group with the nearby island of Antipaxos and adjoining islets, it is also called by the plural form Paxi or Paxoi (, pronounced in English and in Greek). The main t ...

Othonoi Othonoi (, also rendered as Othoni, ) is a small inhabited list of Greek islands, Greek island in the Ionian Sea, located northwest of Corfu, and is the westernmost point of Greece. Othonoi is the largest and most populated of the Diapontian Isl ...

Ereikoussa Ereikoussa () is an island and a former community of the Ionian Islands, Greece. It is one of the Diapontian Islands; an island complex to the northwest of Corfu. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Central ...

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

Ionian Sea The Ionian Sea (, ; or , ; , ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, ...

Administration

Since 2019, the regional unit Corfu is subdivided into 4 municipalities: *

Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands ( ''Kentriki Kerkyra kai Diapontia Nisia'') is a municipality in the Ionian Islands region in Greece. It covers the central part of the island of Corfu and the Diapontian Islands. The municipality was formed a ...

North Corfu North Corfu ( ''Voreia Kerkyra'') is a municipality on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands region in Greece. The municipality was formed at the 2019 local government reform, when the pre-existing municipality of Corf ...

South Corfu South Corfu ( ''Notia Kerkyra'') is a municipality on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands region in Greece. The municipality was formed at the 2019 local government reform, when the pre-existing municipality of 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

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were: * Corfu Province -

* Paxoi Province -

Gaios Gaios (, ) is the main port on Paxos, the smallest of the seven principal Ionian Islands, in Greece. Gaios is situated on the east coast of the island. It is named after a homonymous pupil of Paul the Apostle Paul, also named Saul of Tars ...

Population

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