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Peloponnese Region
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one of the 13 administrative regions of Greece
The Peloponnese is one of Greece's 13 administrative regions, located in the southern part of the country. It is historically significant as the site of ancient Greek civilizations and remains an important cultural and geographical area of modern Greece.
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Official website
Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative region of Greece
- Part of
- Peloponnese
- Official name
- Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου
- Country
- Greece
- Contains
- Messenia Regional Unit
- Capital
- Tripoli
- Population
- 539535
- Area
- 15489.96
- Time zone
- Eastern European Time
- Shares border with
- Central Greece Region
- Official website
- www.ppel.gov.gr
- Image
- Krioneri Beach.jpg
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Peloponnesos
- Commons category
- Peloponnese Region
- topic's main category
- Category:Peloponnese (region)
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Peloponnesos
- category of associated people
- Category:People from the Peloponnese
- language used
- Modern Greek
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Encyclopedic overview
The Peloponnese Region (Greek: Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου, romanized: Periféria Peloponnísou, [periˈferia pelopoˈnisu]) is a region in southern Greece. It borders Western Greece to the north and Attica to the north-east. The region has an area of about 15,490 square kilometres (5,980 square miles). It covers most of the Peloponnese peninsula, except for the northwestern subregions of Achaea and Elis which belong to Western Greece and a small portion of the Argolid peninsula that is part of Attica.
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