South Aegean

South Aegean Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου
Administrative region of Greece
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Coordinates: 36.8°N 26.2°E / 36.8; 26.2
Country	Greece
Decentralized Administration	Aegean
Capital	Ermoupoli
Regional units	List Andros Kalymnos Karpathos Kea-Kythnos Kos Milos Mykonos Naxos Paros Rhodes Syros Thira Tinos
Government
• Regional governor	Giorgos Hadjimarkos (Nea Dimokratia)
Area
• Total	5,285.99 km2 (2,040.93 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	309,015
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
ISO 3166 code	GR-L
Website	www.pnai.gov.gr

South Aegean topographic map.

The South Aegean (Greek: Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου) is one of the thirteen regions of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese island groups in the central and southeastern Aegean Sea.

Administration

The South Aegean region was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with the Northern Aegean region, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of the Aegean based at Piraeus. The capital of the region is situated in Ermoupoli on the island of Syros.

Until the Kallikratis reform, the region consisted of the two prefectures of the Cyclades (capital: Ermoupoli) and the Dodecanese (capital: Rhodes). Since 1 January 2011 it is divided into 13 regional units, formed around major islands:

• Andros
• Kalymnos
• Karpathos
• Kea-Kythnos
• Kos
• Milos
• Mykonos
• Naxos
• Paros
• Rhodes
• Syros
• Thira (Santorini)
• Tinos

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

Major communities

• Andros (Άνδρος)
• Ermoúpoli (Ερμούπολη)
• Ialysós (Ιαλυσός)
• Kallithéa (Καλλιθέα)
• Kálymnos (Κάλυμνος)
• Kárpathos (Κάρπαθος)
• Kos (Κως)
• Léros (Λέρος)
• Milos (Μήλος)
• Mýkonos (Μύκονος)
• Náxos (Νάξος)
• Páros (Πάρος)
• Petaloúdes (Πεταλούδες)
• Ródos (Ρόδος) (Rhodes in English)
• Santoríni (Σαντορίνη) or Thíra (Θήρα)

External links

• Official website (Greek)