Messenia Regional Unit
thumb|260px|Kalamata castle thumb|260px|Port of Kalamata thumb|260px|Messinia from Ithome|Mt. Ithome thumb|260px|View of Pylos on the Bay of Navarino Messenia or Messinia ( ; ) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture (nomos) covering the same territory. The capital and largest city of Messenia is Kalamata.
Key facts
- Greece place.name
- Messenia
- Greece place.name_local
- Περιφερειακή ενότηταΜεσσηνίας
- Greece place.type
- regional unit
- Greece place.image_skyline
- 2010 Dimi Messinias numbered.svg
- Greece place.caption_skyline
- Municipalities of Messenia
- Greece place.image_map
- Nomos Messinias.png
- Greece place.map_caption
- Messenia within Greece
- Greece place.periph
- Peloponnese
- Greece place.seat
- Kalamata
- Greece place.area
- 2991
- Greece place.population
- 146080
- Greece place.population_as_of
- 2021
Article
19 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Physical
- Political
- Organization of Messenia
- Provinces
- Population
- Economy
- Transport
- Communications
- Television
- History
- Ancient period
- Medieval period
- Ottoman and Venetian period
- Modern period
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|260px|Kalamata castle thumb|260px|Port of Kalamata thumb|260px|Messinia from Ithome|Mt. Ithome thumb|260px|View of Pylos on the Bay of Navarino Messenia or Messinia ( ; ) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture (nomos) covering the same territory. The capital and largest city of Messenia is Kalamata.
==Geography==
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