ISO 3166-2:GR is the entry for Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166

ISO 3166

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 standard

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 (ISO), which defines code

Code

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

Province

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s or states) of all countries

Country

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1

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Currently for Greece, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:

• 13 administrative regions
  Peripheries of Greece
  The current official regional administrative divisions of Greece were instituted in 1987. Although best translated into English as "regions", the transcription peripheries is sometimes used, perhaps to distinguish them from the traditional regions which they replaced. The English word 'periphery'...
  
  
• 51 departments and 1 self-governed part
  Prefectures of Greece
  During the first administrative division of independent Greece in 1833–1836 and then again from 1845 until their abolition with the Kallikratis reform in 2010, the prefectures were the country's main administrative unit...
  
  

The departments (also called prefectures) were abolished in 2011, and were replaced approximately by peripheral units

Peripheral units of Greece

The 74 regional units are administrative units of Greece. They are subdivisions of the country's 13 regions, further subdivided into municipalities. They were introduced as part of the "Kallikratis" administrative reform on 1 January 2011 and are comparable in size and often coterminous with the...

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Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is GR, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

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 code of Greece. The second part is either of the following:

• one letter (A–M): administrative regions
• two digits, or a letter followed by a digit: departments and self-governed part

For the departments and self-governed part, the first digit or letter indicates the geographical region

Regions of Greece

The traditional geographic divisions of Greece were also the official administrative subdivisions of Greece until the 1987 administrative reform )...

 where the subdivision is in:

• 0: Central Greece
  Central Greece
  Continental Greece or Central Greece , colloquially known as Roúmeli , is a geographical region of Greece. Its territory is divided into the administrative regions of Central Greece, Attica, and part of West Greece...
  
  
• 1: Peloponnese
  Peloponnese
  The Peloponnese, Peloponnesos or Peloponnesus , is a large peninsula , located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...
  
  
• 2: Ionian Islands
  Ionian Islands
  The Ionian Islands are a group of islands in Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese, i.e...
  
  
• 3: Epirus
  Epirus (periphery)
  Epirus , formally the Epirus Region , is a geographical and administrative region in northwestern Greece. It borders the regions of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and the country of Albania to the north. The...
  
  
• 4: Thessaly
  Thessaly
  Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....
  
  
• 5, 6: Macedonia
  Macedonia (Greece)
  Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in Southern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...
  
  
• 7: Thrace
  Western Thrace
  Western Thrace or simply Thrace is a geographic and historical region of Greece, located between the Nestos and Evros rivers in the northeast of the country. Together with the regions of Macedonia and Epirus, it is often referred to informally as northern Greece...
  
  
• 8: Aegean Islands
  Aegean Islands
  The Aegean Islands are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast...
  
  
• 9: Crete
  Crete
  Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
  
  
• A: Attica
  Attica
  Attica is a historical region of Greece, containing Athens, the current capital of Greece. The historical region is centered on the Attic peninsula, which projects into the Aegean Sea...
  
  

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Administrative regions

Code	Subdivision name
GR-A	Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki
GR-I	Attiki
GR-G	Dytiki Ellada
GR-C	Dytiki Makedonia
GR-F	Ionia Nisia
GR-D	Ipeiros
GR-B	Kentriki Makedonia
GR-M	Kriti
GR-L	Notio Aigaio
GR-J	Peloponnisos
GR-H	Sterea Ellada
GR-E	Thessalia
GR-K	Voreio Aigaio

Departments and self-governed part

Code	Subdivision name	Subdivision category	In administrative region
GR-13	Achaïa	department	G
GR-01	Aitolia kai Akarnania	department	G
GR-11	Argolida	department	J
GR-12	Arkadia	department	J
GR-31	Arta Arta Prefecture Arta is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital is the town of Arta.-Geography:The regional unit of Arta is located north of the Ambracian Gulf. The main mountain ranges are the Athamanika in the northeast, the Pindus in the east, and Valtou in the...	department	D
GR-A1	Attiki	department	I
GR-64	Chalkidiki	department	B
GR-94	Chania Chania Prefecture Chania is one of the four regional units of Crete; it covers the westernmost quarter of the island. Its capital is the city of Chania. Chania borders only one other regional unit: that of Rethymno to the east. The western part of Crete is bounded to the north by the Cretan Sea, and to the west...	department	M
GR-85	Chios Chios Prefecture Chios is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of North Aegean. The capital of the regional unit is the town of Chios. The regional unit consists of the islands of Chios, Psara, Oinousses and some smaller uninhabited islands , all in the Aegean Sea.-Administration:The...	department	K
GR-81	Dodekanisos	department	L
GR-52	Drama Drama Prefecture Drama is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Its capital is the town of Drama. The regional unit is the northernmost within the geographical region of Macedonia and the westernmost in the administrative region of East Macedonia and Thrace...	department	A
GR-71	Evros Evros Prefecture Evros is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Its name is derived from the river Evros, which appears to have been a Thracian hydronym. Evros is the northernmost regional unit. It borders Turkey to the east, across the river Evros, and it...	department	A
GR-05	Evrytania	department	H
GR-04	Evvoia	department	H
GR-63	Florina Florina Prefecture Florina is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Florina.-Geography:Florina borders the regional units of Pella to the east, Kozani to the south and Kastoriá to the southwest...	department	C
GR-07	Fokida	department	H
GR-06	Fthiotida	department	H
GR-51	Grevena Grevena Prefecture Grevena is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Grevena.-Geography:Grevena borders the regional units of Ioannina to the west, Kastoria to the northwest, Kozani to the north and east, Larissa to the southeast and Trikala to...	department	C
GR-14	Ileia	department	G
GR-53	Imathia Imathia Prefecture Imathia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Macedonia. The capital of Imathia is the city of Veroia.-Administration:The regional unit Imathia is subdivided into 3 municipalities...	department	B
GR-33	Ioannina Ioannina Prefecture Ioannina is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital is the city of Ioannina. It is the largest regional unit in Epirus, and one of the largest regional units of Greece.-Geography:...	department	D
GR-91	Irakleio	department	M
GR-41	Karditsa Karditsa Prefecture Karditsa is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Thessaly. Its name is derived from its capital Karditsa, a small city of approximately 35,000 people.-Geography:...	department	E
GR-56	Kastoria Kastoria Prefecture Kastoria is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Kastoria.-Geography:...	department	C
GR-55	Kavala Kavala Prefecture Kavala is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the of East Macedonia and Thrace. Its capital is the town of Kavala. Kavala regional unit is the easternmost within the geographical region of Macedonia.-Geography:...	department	A
GR-23	Kefallonia	department	F
GR-22	Kerkyra	department	F
GR-57	Kilkis Kilkis Prefecture Kilkis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Macedonia. Its capital is the city of Kilkis.-Geography:The mountains near Kilkis are Paiko to the west, parts of the western part of Kerkini to the northeast and Krousia to the east...	department	B
GR-15	Korinthia	department	J
GR-58	Kozani Kozani Prefecture Kozani is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Macedonia. Its capital is the city of Kozani.-Geography:Kozani borders the regional units of Kastoria to the west and northwest, Florina to the north, Pella to the northeast, Imathia and Pieria to the east, Larissa ...	department	C
GR-82	Kyklades	department	L
GR-16	Lakonia	department	J
GR-42	Larisa	department	E
GR-92	Lasithi	department	M
GR-24	Lefkada	department	F
GR-83	Lesvos	department	K
GR-43	Magnisia	department	E
GR-17	Messinia	department	J
GR-59	Pella Pella Prefecture Pella is one of the regional units of Greece, in the geographic region of Macedonia. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia. It is named after the ancient city of Pella, the capital of ancient Macedonia. The capital of Pella is Edessa....	department	B
GR-61	Pieria	department	B
GR-34	Preveza Preveza Prefecture Preveza is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital is the town of Preveza.-Geography:The regional unit of Preveza is located northwest of the Ambracian Gulf. The Ionian Sea lies to the west. The terrain is mostly hilly. The mountains of Xerovouni are in...	department	D
GR-93	Rethymno Rethymno Prefecture Rethymno is one of the four regional units of Crete, Greece. Its capital is the city of Rethymno. Today its main income is tourism. The countryside is also based economically on agriculture and herding.-Administration:...	department	M
GR-73	Rodopi	department	A
GR-84	Samos Samos Prefecture Samos Prefecture was a prefecture in Greece, consisting of the islands of Samos, Ikaria and the smaller islands of Fournoi Korseon. In 2011 the prefecture was abolished and the territory is now covered by the peripheral units of Samos and Ikaria...	department	K
GR-62	Serres Serres Prefecture Serres is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Serres. The total population reaches just over 200,000.-Geography:...	department	B
GR-32	Thesprotia	department	D
GR-54	Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Prefecture Thessaloniki is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia. Its capital is the city of Thessaloniki. It is the second most populous regional unit in Greece, behind Central Athens.-Geography:...	department	B
GR-44	Trikala Trikala Prefecture Trikala is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Thessaly. Its capital is the town of Trikala. The regional unit includes the town of Kalampaka and the Meteora monastery complex.-Geography:...	department	E
GR-03	Voiotia	department	H
GR-72	Xanthi Xanthi Prefecture Xanthi is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of East Macedonia and Thrace. The capital is Xanthi. Together with the regional units Rhodope and Evros, it forms the geographical region of Western Thrace.-Geography:...	department	A
GR-21	Zakynthos	department	F
GR-69	Agio Oros	self-governed part	—

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

Newsletter	Date issued	Description of change in newsletter	Code/Subdivision change
	(corrected )	Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, reallocation of 3166-2 alpha-2 codes to avoid duplication, addition of names in administrative languages	Codes: format changed (see below)

Codes changed in Newsletter II-1

Before	After	Subdivision name
	GR-A	Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki
	GR-I	Attiki
	GR-G	Dytiki Ellada
	GR-C	Dytiki Makedonia
	GR-F	Ionia Nisia
	GR-D	Ipeiros
	GR-B	Kentriki Makedonia
	GR-M	Kriti
	GR-L	Notio Aigaio
	GR-J	Peloponnisos
	GR-H	Sterea Ellada
	GR-E	Thessalia
	GR-K	Voreio Aigaio

See also

• Subdivisions of Greece
  Subdivisions of Greece
  -Administrative divisions:* Mount Athos* Peripheries of Greece / 13, pεριφέρειες / NUTS 2* Peripheral units of Greece / 74 / Περιφερειακή ενότητα / NUTS 3...
  
  
• FIPS region codes of Greece
• NUTS codes of Greece
  NUTS of Greece
  In the NUTS codes of Greece , the three levels are:-NUTS codes:* GR1 VOREIA ELLADA** GR11 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki*** GR111 Evros Prefecture*** GR112 Xanthi Prefecture...
  
  

External links

• Departments of Greece, Statoids.com