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Phthiotis Regional Unit
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Phthiotis (, Fthiótida ; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is bordered by the Malian Gulf to the east, Boeotia in the south, Phocis in the south, Aetolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Evrytania in the west, Karditsa regional unit in the north, Larissa regional unit in the north, and Magnesia in the northeast. The name dates back to ancient times. It is best known as the home of Achilles.
Key facts
- Greece place.name
- Phthiotis
- Greece place.name_local
- Περιφερειακή ενότηταΦθιώτιδας
- Greece place.type
- regional unit
- Greece place.image_skyline
- 2010 Dimi Fthiotidas numbered.svg
- Greece place.caption_skyline
- Municipalities of Phthiotis
- Greece place.image_map
- Nomos Fthiotidas.png
- Greece place.map_caption
- Phthiotis within Greece
- Greece place.periph
- Central Greece
- Greece place.seat
- Lamia
- Greece place.area
- 4440
- Greece place.population
- 137793
- Greece place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greece place.postal_code
- 35x xx
- Greece place.area_code
- 223x0
- Greece place.licence
- ΜΙ
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- regional unit of Greece
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Central Greece Region
- Contains
- Lokroi Municipality
- Capital
- Lamia
- Population
- 165066
- Area
- 4440
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.fthiotida.gr
- Image
- 2010 Dimi Fthiotidas numbered.svg
- Licence plate code
- MI
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- topic's main category
- Category:Phthiotis
- Commons category
- Phthiotis
- postal code
- 35x xx
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- native label
- Φθιώτιδα
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Transport
- Administration
- Prefecture
- Provinces
- Persons
- Sporting teams
- See also
- References
- External links
Phthiotis (, Fthiótida ; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is bordered by the Malian Gulf to the east, Boeotia in the south, Phocis in the south, Aetolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Evrytania in the west, Karditsa regional unit in the north, Larissa regional unit in the north, and Magnesia in the northeast. The name dates back to ancient times. It is best known as the home of Achilles.
==Geography== thumb|Thermopylae pass thumb|Mount Oeta
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phthiotis Regional Unit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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