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Argolida Regional Unit
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Argolis or Argolida ( ; in ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese, situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula and part of the tripoint area of Argolis, Arcadia and Corinthia. Much of the territory of this region is situated in the Argolid Peninsula.
Argolida is a regional unit in Greece located in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula, where it borders the regions of Arcadia and Corinthia. It matters as an administrative division of Greece and as a territory that encompasses much of the Argolid Peninsula, a historically and geographically significant area.
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Key facts
- Greece place.name
- Argolis
- Greece place.name_local
- Περιφερειακή ενότηταΑργολίδας
- Greece place.type
- regional unit
- Greece place.image_skyline
- 2010 Dimi Argolidas numbered.svg
- Greece place.caption_skyline
- Municipalities of Argolis
- Greece place.image_map
- Nomos Argolidas.png
- Greece place.map_caption
- Argolis within Greece
- Greece place.periph
- Peloponnese
- Greece place.seat
- Nafplio
- Greece place.area
- 2154
- Greece place.population
- 93216
- Greece place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greece place.postal_code
- 21x xx
- Greece place.area_code
- 275x0
- Greece place.licence
- ΑΡ
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Argolis or Argolida ( ; in ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese, situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula and part of the tripoint area of Argolis, Arcadia and Corinthia. Much of the territory of this region is situated in the Argolid Peninsula.
==Geography== thumb|View of the Argolic gulf, with Nafplio visible thumb|right|The Argolic plain as seen from the city of Nafplio Most arable land lies in the central part of Argolis. Its primary agricultural resources are oranges and olives. Argolis has a coastline on the Saronic Gulf in the northeast and on the Argolic Gulf in the south and southeast. Notable mountains ranges are the Oligyrtos in the northwest, Lyrkeio and Ktenia in the west, and Arachnaio and Didymo in the east.
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