East Macedonia and Thrace

This article is about the administrative region in Greece. For other uses, see Macedonia (disambiguation) and Thrace (disambiguation).

East Macedonia and Thrace Περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
—  Region of Greece  —
Coordinates: 41.2°N 25.0°E / 41.2; 25.0
Country	Greece
Capital	Komotini
Regional units	List Drama Evros Kavala Rhodope Thasos Xanthi
Government
• Regional governor	Aristeidis Giannakidis (PASOK)
Area
• Total	14,157 km2 (5,466 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	608,182
• Density	Bad rounding here43/km2 (Bad rounding here110/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	GR-A
Website	pamth.gov.gr

East Macedonia and Thrace (Greek: Ανατολική Μακεδονία και Θράκη, formally Περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης) is one of the thirteen regions of Greece. It consists of the northeastern parts of the country, comprising the eastern part of the region of Macedonia along with the region of Thrace, and the islands of Thasos and Samothrace.

Administration

East Macedonia and Thrace was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with Central Macedonia, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace based at Thessaloniki. The region is based at Komotini and the largest city is Kavala. It is divided into the Macedonian regional units of Drama, Kavala and Thasos and the Thracian regional units of Xanthi, Rhodope and Evros. Before the Kallikratis reform, the regional units (except Thasos, which was part of Kavala) were administered as separate prefectures. Since 1994, they were grouped into the Drama-Kavala-Xanthi and Rhodope-Evros super-prefectures.

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

Major communities

• Alexandroúpoli (Αλεξανδρούπολη) - 65.894 people
• Dráma (Δράμα) - 56.062 people
• Kavála (Καβάλα) - 74.186 people
• Komotiní (Κομοτηνή) - 66.580 people
• Xánthi (Ξάνθη) - 55.360 people

External links

• East Macedonia and Thrace region