Greece is divided in regions and islands groups which are organized, for administrative purposes, into prefectures called “Nomoi”.
- Greece regions: Greece mainland consists of the following regions: Central Greece, Peloponnese, and Thessaly (east/central), Epirus (west), Macedonia (north/northwest), Thrace (northwest) and Euboea, the second largest of the Greek islands.
- Athens is part of the “Nomos Attikis” (Attica), located in the Attica basin, in the centre of the Greek territory.
- Characyeristics of the regions: The Peloponnese peninsula is located in the southern part of Greece. It is separated from the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth. The northern mainland is dissected by high mountains that extend southwards towards a landscape of fertile plains, pine-forested uplands and craggy, scrub-covered foothills.
- The Greek islands: One of the characteristics of Greece is the large amount of islands. There are more than 2000 islands scattered both in the Aegean and Ionian Seas. The majority are located in the Aegean between the mainland and Turkey.
The Aegean archipelago includes the regions of the Saronic, the closest islands from Athens, the Cyclades, the most famous region with 39 islands such as Santorini, Mykonos, Paros or Naxos, the Dodecanese which lies off the Turkish coast, of which Rhodes is the best known, Crete the famous and largest island, the Sporades near the city of Volos and the Northeast Aegean group which includes Lemnos, Lesvos, Chios, Samos and Ikaria).
The Ionian Sea includes the islands of Corfu, Kefalonia, Lefkada, Ithaki, Zakynthos and Kithira.
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Greece is a mountainous country. The lowest point is the Mediterranean Sea, at 0m of height, and the highest point is the Mount Olympus, at 2917m.
The country is quite rich in natural resources providing petroleum, magnetite, lignite, bauxite, hydropower and marble
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