Regional units of Greece

The 74 regional units of Greece (Greek: περιφερειακές ενότητες, perifereiakés enótites; singular περιφερειακή ενότητα, perifereiakí enótita) are the country's third-level administrative units (counting decentralized administrations as first-level). They are subdivisions of the country's 13 regions, and are further divided into municipalities.

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Regional units of Greece Περιφερειακές ενότητες της Ελλάδας (Greek)
Category	Unitary state
Location	Hellenic Republic
Number	74 regional units
Areas	2,307 km2 (891 sq mi) (Ionian Islands) – 18,810 km2 (7,260 sq mi) (Central Macedonia)
Government	Central government Regional governments monastic government (Athos)
Subdivisions	Municipalities

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They were introduced as part of the Kallikratis administrative reform on 1 January 2011 and are comparable in area and, on the mainland, coterminous with the "pre-Kallikratis" prefectures of Greece.^[1]