Kos () 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
South Aegean
The South Aegean (, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese island groups in the central and southeastern Aegean Sea.
Administration
The South Aegean region was established in ...
. The regional unit covers the islands of
Kos,
Nisyros and several smaller islands in the
Aegean Sea
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.
Administration
As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Kos was created out of part of the former
Dodecanese Prefecture. It is subdivided into 2 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):
*
Kos (7)
*
Nisyros (11)
Province
The province of Kos () was one of the
provinces
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of the Dodecanese Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present regional unit.
[ ] It was abolished in 2006.
References
Regional units of the South Aegean
2011 establishments in Greece
Provinces of Greece
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