Traditional geographic divisions of Greece

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The traditional geographic divisions of Greece (Greek: γεωγραφικά διαμερίσματα, lit. geographic departments) were also the official administrative subdivisions (or regions) of Greece until the 1987 administrative reform ). Despite their replacement as first-level administrative units by the newly defined regions (Greek: περιφέρειες), the nine traditional geographic divisions - six on the mainland and three island groups - are still widely referred to in non-official contexts and in daily discourse.

The current (as of 2011) official administrative divisions of Greece are 13 regions (Greek: περιφέρειες) - nine on the mainland and four island groups - which are further subdivided into 325 municipalities. Formerly, there were also 54 prefectures or prefectural-level administrations.

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