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Attica - This article is about Attica in Greece. For other Atticas, see Attica (disambiguation)
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| 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, Saronic, Troizina
Hydra, Spetses, Kythira | | Number of prefectural sects | 4 | | Number of provinces | 2 | | ISO 3166-2: | GR-A1 (old: GR-02) | | Area codes in Greece: | 11+30-210
11+30-229x0
11+30-27340 | | Postal code: | 1xx xx except Kythera
801 00 in Kythera | | Car designation: | YO, YT, YX, YY, YZ, ZB-ZZ | | Map |
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| Map of Greece highlighting the prefecture | Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attikí) is a nomos (prefecture) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. 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, Aegina, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, Kythira, and 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 Greece. Geography Attica is a peninsula 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. 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. 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. Transportation Roads and Highways The area is connected by roads and highways Other Communications In March, 2001, the Greek government shut down approximately 60 of the 90+ FM radio stations in the Athens area, citing interference to frequencies to be used by the new Athens International Airport, though it is largely believed (and much evidence supporting this exists) that the government shut down these stations as a political favor to powerful publishing and media groups, whose stations, for the most part, remained on the air. In 2002, 8 of these stations reopened, and in 2004, a few more stations reopened. Municipalities The former provinces in italics are no longer exists Prefectural sects of Attica (agglomeration) Communities and Subdivisions
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