Central Greece

Central Greece is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. The region occupies the eastern part of the traditional region of , including the island of .
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  • Type: State with 605,000 residents
  • Description: one of the 13 regions of Greece
  • Also known as: “Central Greece Periphery” and “Central Greece Region”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abae and Hyampolis.

Archaeological site
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was an ancient town in the northeastern corner of ancient Phocis, in , near the frontiers of the Opuntian Locrians, said to have been built by the Argive Abas, son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, and grandson of Danaus.

Archaeological site
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was a city in ancient Phocis, Greece. A native of this city was called a Hyampolites. Some ancient authors record that the city was also called simply Hya.

Peak
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is a mountain in southeastern , with an elevation of 1,081 m. Nearby mountains are to the northwest and Ptoo to the southeast.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Atalanti and Exarchos.

Town
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is the second largest town in , . It is located southeast of , north of and northwest of . In 2011, it was incorporated into the municipality of with an area of 614.7 km2 and a population of 19,623, of which it is the government seat and a municipal unit.

Village
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is a village in prefecture, central . It is located in the southern part of Phthiotis, in Locris, 18 km west of . The village is located on the slope of Mount at a height of about 300 meters.

Village
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is a village in the municipality, , . Lokroi straddles the pass leading over the low mountains between the Bay of Atalantis in the to the plains of north of .

Central Greece

Latitude
38.6065° or 38° 36′ 23″ north
Longitude
22.9435° or 22° 56′ 37″ east
Population
605,000
Elevation
207 metres (679 feet)
Open location code
8GC4JW4V+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13319072693
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
6697800
Wiki­data ID
Q199580
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Central Greece” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Greqia Qendrore”
  • Amharic: “መካከለኛ ግሪክ”
  • Arabic: “إقليم وسط اليونان”
  • Arabic: “وسط اليونان”
  • Armenian: “Կենտրոնական Հունաստան”
  • Asturian: “Grecia Central”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərkəzi Yunanıstan”
  • Basque: “Erdialdeko Grezia”
  • Bavarian: “Middlgriachaland”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Грэцыя”
  • Bengali: “কেন্দ্রীয় গ্রীস”
  • Bulgarian: “Средна Гърция”
  • Bulgarian: “Същинска Гърция”
  • Bulgarian: “Централна Гърция”
  • Catalan: “Grècia Central”
  • Cebuano: “Central Greece”
  • Chinese: “Tiong-iong Hi-lia̍p Tōa-khu”
  • Chinese: “中希腊大区”
  • Chinese: “中希臘大區”
  • Croatian: “Periferija Središnja Grčka”
  • Czech: “Střední Řecko”
  • Danish: “Centralgrækenland”
  • Dutch: “Centraal Griekenland”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Griekenland”
  • Dutch: “Midden-Griekenland”
  • Esperanto: “firma Grekio”
  • Esperanto: “kontinenta Grekio”
  • Esperanto: “Meza Grekio”
  • Esperanto: “solida Grekio”
  • Estonian: “Kesk-Kreeka piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Keski-Kreikka”
  • French: “Grèce Centrale”
  • French: “Grece-Centrale”
  • French: “Grèce-Centrale”
  • Galician: “Grecia Central”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური საბერძნეთი”
  • German: “Festlandsgriechenland”
  • German: “griechische Zentralregion”
  • German: “Mittelgriechenland”
  • German: “Sterea Ellada”
  • German: “Zentralgriechenland”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Ελλάδα”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας”
  • Greek: “Στερεά Ελλάδα”
  • Hausa: “Grikka Tsakiya”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז יוון”
  • Hindi: “मध्य ग्रीस क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “मध्य यूनान क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Közép-Görögország”
  • Ido: “Regiono Centrala Grekia”
  • Indonesian: “Yunani Tengah”
  • Irish: “Réigiún Lár na Gréige”
  • Italian: “Grecia Centrale”
  • Japanese: “ステレア・エラス”
  • Japanese: “ステレア・エラダ”
  • Japanese: “中央ギリシャ”
  • Japanese: “大陸ギリシャ”
  • Javanese: “Yunani Tengah”
  • Kazakh: “Орталық Грекия”
  • Kazakh: “Орталық Греция”
  • Kirghiz: “Борбордук Греция”
  • Korean: “대륙 그리스 주”
  • Korean: “본토 그리스 주”
  • Korean: “중부 그리스 주”
  • Korean: “중부 그리스 지역”
  • Korean: “중앙그리스 주”
  • Korean: “중앙그리스주”
  • Latin: “Graecia Media”
  • Latvian: “Centrālās Grieķijas perifērija”
  • Limburgan: “Centraol-Griekeland”
  • Limburgan: “Middel-Griekeland”
  • Lithuanian: “Centrinė Graikija”
  • Lithuanian: “Centrinės Graikijos periferija”
  • Lithuanian: “Vidurio Graikija”
  • Lithuanian: “Vidurio Graikijos periferija”
  • Lombard: “Grecia Central”
  • Lombard: “Grecia centrala”
  • Lombard: “Grécia Sentràla”
  • Macedonian: “Централна Грција”
  • Malay: “Yunani Tengah”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-iong Hi-lia̍p Tōa-khu”
  • Mingrelian: “ცენტრალური საბერძნეთი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Madel-Grekenlun (Regiuun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Madel-Grekenlun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sentral-Hellas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sentrale Hellas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kentriki Ellada”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kontinental-Hellas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Periferien Sentral-Hellas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sentral-Hellas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sterea Ellada”
  • Norwegian: “Sentral-Hellas”
  • Oromo: “Giriikaa Giddugaleessa”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਯੂਨਾਨ”
  • Persian: “یونان مرکزی”
  • Polish: “Grecja Centralna”
  • Polish: “Grecja Środkowa”
  • Polish: “Region Grecja Środkowa”
  • Portuguese: “Grécia Central”
  • Pushto: “مرکزي یونان”
  • Romanian: “Grecia Centrală”
  • Romanian: “Periferia Greciei Centrale”
  • Russian: “Центральная Греция”
  • Scots: “Central Greece”
  • Serbian: “Periferija Središnja Grčka”
  • Serbian: “Периферија Средишња Грчка”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Periferija Centralna Grčka”
  • Slovenian: “Srednja Grčija”
  • Somali: “Giriiska Dhexe”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مرکزی یونان”
  • Spanish: “Grecia Central”
  • Spanish: “Periféreia Stereás Elládas”
  • Spanish: “periferia de Grecia Central”
  • Spanish: “Periferia de Grecia Central”
  • Spanish: “región de Grecia Central”
  • Spanish: “Región de Grecia Central”
  • Spanish: “Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας”
  • Swahili: “Ugiriki wa Kati”
  • Swedish: “Centrala Grekland”
  • Swedish: “Grekiska fastlandet”
  • Tajik: “Юнони Марказӣ”
  • Tatar: “Үзәк Греция”
  • Thai: “แคว้นกรีซกลาง”
  • Turkish: “Orta Yunanistan”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна Греція”
  • Urdu: “وسطی یونان (علاقہ)”
  • Urdu: “وسطی یونان”
  • Uzbek: “Markaziy Gretsiya”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung Hy Lạp”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Butnga nga Gresya”
  • Western Armenian: “Կեդրոնական Յունաստան”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبا گبھلا یونان”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ وشکارلہ یونان”
  • Wu Chinese: “中希腊”
  • Yue Chinese: “中希臘大區”

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