Corinthia

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Statistics

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Periphery: Peloponnese

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Capital:Corinth

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Area:2,290 km² Ranked 30th

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Inhabitants:159,928 Ranked 15th

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Pop. density:67.22 inh./km²

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Car designationKP

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Code for the municipalities:30xx

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Number of municipalities15

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Number of communitiesnone

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Area codes:274x0

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Name of inhabitantsCorinthian sing.Corinthians pl.

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Postal code:20x xx

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Website:Homepage of Corinthia

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Map

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Corinthia (Greek: Κορινθία, Korinth?a) is the area around the city of Corinth. Presently, it is a prefecture of Greece, part of the periphery of Peloponnese. It is the second-most populated prefecture on the Peloponnese peninsula.

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The Corinth Canal, carrying ship traffic between the northern Mediterranean and the Aegean, is about 4 km east of Corinth, cutting through the Isthmus of Corinth. Agioi Theodoroi is the easternmost Corinthian community and is considered a suburb of Athens.

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The area around Corinth and the western Saronic including the southeastern part are made up of fault lines including the Corinth Fault and the Poseidon Fault and includes one running from Perahcora to Agioi Theodoroi. More faults are near Kiras Vrysi and Sofiko.

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Periphery: Generally, a periphery is a boundary or outer part of any space or body. It is derived from the Greek word περιφέρεια, meaning a circumference or outer surface....

Peloponnese: The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Peloponnesos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth....

Corinth: Corinth, or Korinth (????????; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. To the west of the isthmus lies the Gulf of Corinth, to the east lies the...