Attica

:This article is about Attica in Greece. For other Atticas, see Attica (disambiguation).

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Statistics

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Capital:Athens

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Area:3,808 km² Ranked 9th

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Inhabitants: 3,841,408 Ranked 1st

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Pop. density:1313 inh./km²

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Ranked 1st

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Code for the municipalities21xx, Athens,03xx, eastern Attica Peninsula11xx, Eleusis,40xx, Piraeus, Saronic, TroizinaHydra, Spetses, Kythira

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Number of prefectural sects4

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Number of provinces2

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Number of municipalities22

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Number of independent communes:-->

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ISO 3166-2:GR-A1 (old: GR-02)

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Area codes:210, 229x0, 27340

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Postal code:1xx xx except Kythera801 00 in Kythera

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Car designation:YO, YT, YX, YY, YZ, ZB-ZZMap

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Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attike;; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. Attica is also the only prefecture (nomos) in the periphery of Attica.

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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 a small part of the Peloponnese peninsula and the islands of Salamis, Aegina, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, Kythira, and Antikythira. About 5,000,000 people live in the nomos, of which more than 95% are habitants of the Athens metropolitan area.

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Athens was originally the capital of Central Greece.

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Attica related Images and Photos (experimental)

Athens - Attica - Greece

Chariot from the Tomb of Marcopoulo Attica Late Heraldic Period Iiia-Iiib 1400-1200 Bc

Funerary Stela of the Hoplite Aristion from Velanideza Attica circa 510 BC