Magnesia Prefecture
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Magnesia Prefecture was one of the prefectures of Greece
. Its capital was Volos
. It was established in 1899 from the Larissa Prefecture
. The prefecture was disbanded on 1 January 2011 by the Kallikratis programme, and split into the peripheral units
of Magnesia and the Sporades
.
The toponym is ancient to the region.
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...
. Its capital was Volos
Volos
Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...
. It was established in 1899 from the Larissa Prefecture
Larissa Prefecture
Larissa is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Thessaly. Its capital is the city of Larissa. -Geography:...
. The prefecture was disbanded on 1 January 2011 by the Kallikratis programme, and split into the 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...
of Magnesia and the Sporades
Sporades
The Sporades are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea, in the Aegean Sea. It consists of 24 islands, of which four are permanently inhabited: Alonnisos, Skiathos, Skopelos and Skyros.-Administration:...
.
The toponym is ancient to the region.