Peloponnese (region)

Peloponnese Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου
Region of Greece
Country	Greece
Capital	Tripoli
Regional units	List Arcadia Argolis Corinthia Laconia Messinia
Government
• Regional governor	Petros Tatoulis (Independent/PASOK/LAOS)
Area
• Total	15,490 km2 (5,980 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	577,903
• Density	37/km2 (97/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	GR-J
Website	ppel.gov.gr

The Peloponnese region (Greek: Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου), is a region in southern Greece. It borders the West Greece region to the north and Attica to the north-east. The region has an area of about 15,490 km². It covers most of the Peloponnese peninsula, except for the northwestern subregions of Achaea and Elis which belong to West Greece and a small portion of the Argolid peninsula that is part of Attica.

Administration

The Peloponnese region was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with the West Greece and the Ionian Islands regions, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of the Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Tripoli and is divided into five regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefectures), Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Laconia and Messenia, which are further subdivided into 26 municipalities. The largest city of the region is Kalamata.

The region's governor is, since 1 January 2011, Petros Tatoulis, who was elected in the November 2010 local administration elections for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.

Major communities

• Árgos (Άργος)
• Kalamáta (Καλαμάτα)
• Kórinthos (Κόρινθος) (Corinth in English)
• Sparti (Σπάρτη)
• Trípoli (Τρίπολη)