Central Greece
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traditional region of Greece
Key facts
- Capital
- Athens (until 1987, then abolished)
- Subdivisions
- List Aetolia-Acarnania Attica Boeotia Euboea Evrytania Phocis Phthiotis
- Total
- 24,818.3 km (9,582.4 sq mi)
- Density
- 185/km (480/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Stereoelladites , Roumeliotes
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 24818.3
- Image
- Galaxidi harbour.JPG
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- Commons category
- Central Greece
- native label
- Στερεά Ελλάδα
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Continental Greece (Greek: Στερεά Ελλάδα, romanized: Stereá Elláda; formerly Χέρσος Ἑλλάς, Chérsos Ellás), colloquially known as Roumeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece. In English, the area is usually called Central Greece, but the equivalent Greek term (Κεντρική Ελλάδα, Kentrikí Elláda) is more rarely used.
It includes the southern part of the Greek mainland (sans the Peloponnese), as well as the offshore island of Euboea. Since 1987, its territory has been divided among the administrative regions of Central Greece and Attica, and the regional unit (former prefecture) of Aetolia-Acarnania in the administrative region of Western Greece.