Laconia Regional Unit
Also known as Lakonia Regional Unit
Laconia or Lakonia (, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Since 2011, it has been administered as a regional unit, with Sparta as its capital. The word laconic—to speak in a blunt, concise way—is probably derived from the name of this region, a reference to the ancient Spartans who were renowned for their verbal austerity and blunt, often pithy remarks.
Key facts
- Greece place.name
- Laconia
- Greece place.name_local
- Περιφερειακή ενότηταΛακωνίας
- Greece place.type
- regional unit
- Greece place.image_skyline
- 2010 Dimi Lakonias numbered.svg
- Greece place.caption_skyline
- Municipalities of Laconia
- Greece place.image_map
- Nomos Lakonias.png
- Greece place.map_caption
- Laconia within Greece
- Greece place.periph
- Peloponnese
- Greece place.districts
- Laconia constituency
- Greece place.seat
- Sparta
- Greece place.area
- 3636
- Greece place.population
- 84337
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Laconia or Lakonia (, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Since 2011, it has been administered as a regional unit, with Sparta as its capital. The word laconic—to speak in a blunt, concise way—is probably derived from the name of this region, a reference to the ancient Spartans who were renowned for their verbal austerity and blunt, often pithy remarks.
==Geography== thumb|left|Eurotas (river)|Eurotas river outside the city of Sparti
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