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Statistics
Capital:	Athens
Area:	3,808 km²
Inhabitants:	3,756,607 (2001) Ranked 1st
Pop. density:	987 inh./km² Ranked 1st
Code for the municipalities	01xx, Athens, 03xx, eastern Attica Peninsula 11xx, Eleusis, 40xx, Piraeus, Sarinic, Troizina Hydra, Spetses, Kythira
ISO 3166-2:	GR-1
Car designation:	YO, YT, YX, YY, YZ
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Attica is located in what is today southern Greece, and covers about 3,800 square kilometers. In addition to Athens, it contains within its area the cities of Peiraeus, Eleusis, Megara, Laurium, and Marathon, as well as the islands of Salamis, AeginaThis article is about the island. For the Greek mythological figure, see Aegina (mythology). For the asteroid, see 91 Aegina. The word also refers to the main town on the island of Aegina. Aegina (Egina), one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saroni, PorosThis Poros is an island pair. Poros can also refer to Porus, in Greek mythology. Poros is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, at a distance about 32 miles south from Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a 200-metre, HydraHydra may stand for: a simple fresh-water animal of the class Hydrozoa. See Hydra (biology). a constellation. See Hydra (constellation). Sometimes Hydra is confused with the constellation Hydrus. in Greek mythology, a many-headed serpent which Heracles de, SpetsesSpetses is an island in Greece., KythiraKythira also seen as Kythera Cythera or Tsirigo is an island, one of the Ionian Islands. It lies opposite the eastern tip of the Peloponnesos peninsula in Greece. It has an area of 284 square kilometers. The rugged terrain is a result of prevailing winds, and AntikytheraAntikythera is a Greek island with a land mass of 20 square kilometers, 38 kilometers south-east of Kythira. It is notable for being the location of the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism. External link http://www. antikythera.. About 3,700,000 people live in the nomos, of which more than 95% are habitants of the Athens metropolitan area.

Athens was originally the capital of Central GreeceCentral Greece is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It is divided into the prefectures of Euboea, Evritania, Fokis (Phokis), Fthiotis (Phthiotis), and Viotia (Boeotia)..

1 Geography

Attica is a peninsulaA peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory or spit. Peninsulas of the world: Continental Europe Apsheron, A jutting into the Aegean Sea. Mountains divide the peninsula into the plains of Pedia, Mesogeia, and Thriasia. To the north it is bordered by the Boeotian plain and to the west it is bordered by Corinth. The Saronic Gulf lies to the south and the island of Euboea lies off the north coast.

The Cephisus River is the longest river, and Parnetha or Parnitha is the tallest mountain in Attica.

1 Climate

Its climate includes hot summers and cool to mild winters in low lying areas and its plains and most of the Saronic. Winter is very common in the mountains of Parintha and areas that lie 1,000 m above sea level as its lowesy

In the winters of 1999 and February 2004, recent snowstorms plundered the area especially blocking and closing much of its roads as snow accumulated to 2 m.

2 History

The process of how Attica was united by Athens is not entirely clear, but it concluded at some point in the first half of the 7th century BC when Eleusis and the surrounding plains were joined to the Athenian state, and its inhabitants became citizens. Even then, the boundaries were not fixed, as Athens struggled with Megara for control of Salamis, and with Boeotia over border towns like Oropus for centuries. See History of Athens.

Attica later became part of (successively) the Roman and Byzantine Empires, the crusader Duchy of Athens, and at last the Ottoman Empire.

3 Transportation

The area is connected by roads and highways

Greece Interstate 1 (superhighway)
Greece Interstate 3 (old higway of Athens-Thessaloniki)
Greece Interstate 8 (old highway linking Patras, the Peloponnese and Athens)
Greece Interstate 8A (superhighway)
Greece Interstate 54 , Marathonos Avenue
Greece Interstate 79
Greece Interstate 81
Greece Interstate 83
Greece Interstate 85 (rare)
Greece Interstate 89
Greece Interstate 91
Attiki Odos (private owned superhighways), first opened in 2001 in the eastern part
- Hymettus Ring, opened in 2004
- Aigaleo Ring, opened in 2004
- Ano Liosia Ring (opening soon)

4 Communications

4.1 Television

902 TV
High TV - Athens
Magic Peiraia - Piraeus

5 Municipalities

List of municipalities of Attica

6 Provinces

Province of Attica - Athens
Province of Kythera
Province of Megara (Megaris) - Megara
Province of Salamis - Salamis

7 Communities and Subdivisions

See Communities of Attica

Prefectures of Greece

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