Prefecture - Revision history

Irlandos at 09:52, September 6, 2006

2006-09-06T09:52:54Z

2005-10-21T20:10:59Z

2005-10-21T17:05:08Z

2005-09-16T18:09:37Z

Greek equivalent of ''prefecture''

2005-09-16T18:08:57Z

Greek equivalent of ''prefecture''

2005-09-09T07:19:10Z

Peloponnese

2005-08-28T14:59:04Z

Mainland Greece (Roumeli)

2005-08-28T14:34:05Z

Crete

2005-08-28T14:27:40Z

Thrace

2005-08-28T14:25:14Z

Epirus

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	[[Category:Geography of Greece]]		[[Category:Geography of Greece]]
		+	[[Category:Government of Greece]]

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	*[[Samos prefecture\|Samos]]		*[[Samos prefecture\|Samos]]
	*[[Dodecanese]]		*[[Dodecanese]]
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		+	==External link==
		+	* [http://www.world-gazetteer.com/s/s_gr.htm Map]
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		+	[[Category:Geography of Greece]]

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	The term '''''prefecture''''' (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office, seat, territorial circonscription of a [[Prefect]]; consequentally, like that word, is its applied in English in relation to actual Prefects, whose title is just that (or the forms it takes in other, especially Romance, languages), in the broadest sense in the Roman tradition, but also by analogy, more or less conventionally, to render offices deemed equivalent in other languages' cultural traditions.		The term '''''prefecture''''' (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office, seat, territorial circonscription of a [[Prefect]]; consequentally, like that word, is its applied in English in relation to actual Prefects, whose title is just that (or the forms it takes in other, especially Romance, languages), in the broadest sense in the Roman tradition, but also by analogy, more or less conventionally, to render offices deemed equivalent in other languages' cultural traditions.

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 ===Greek equivalent of ''prefecture''===
-Modern [[Greece]], under its 1975 Constitution, is divided into 51 ''[[nomos|nomoi]]'' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: &#957;&#959;&#956;&#959;&#943;) which form the units of local government.
+Modern [[Greece]], under its 1975 Constitution, is divided into 51 ''nomoi'' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: &#957;&#959;&#956;&#959;&#943;) which form the units of local government.
 These are most commonly translated into English as '''prefectures'''.
 Each ''nomos'' is headed by a '''prefect''' ''(nomarch),'' who was until recently a ministerial appointee but is nowadays elected by direct popular vote.  Municipal elections in Greece are held every four years and voting for the election of nomarchs and mayors is carried out concurrently but with separate ballots.

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 ===Greek equivalent of ''prefecture''===
 Modern [[Greece]], under its 1975 Constitution, is divided into 51 ''[[nomos|nomoi]]'' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: &#957;&#959;&#956;&#959;&#943;) which form the units of local government.
-These are most commonly translated into [[English language|English]] as '''prefectures'''.
+These are most commonly translated into English as '''prefectures'''.
 Each ''nomos'' is headed by a '''prefect''' ''(nomarch),'' who was until recently a ministerial appointee but is nowadays elected by direct popular vote.  Municipal elections in Greece are held every four years and voting for the election of nomarchs and mayors is carried out concurrently but with separate ballots.

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 *[[Evritania prefecture|Evritania]]
-== Peloponnese ==
+== Peloponnesus ==
 *[[Argolis prefecture|Argolis]]
 *[[Corinthia prefecture|Corinthia]]

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 === Prefectures of Greece ===
-== Mainland Greece (Roumeli) ==
+== Central Greece (Roumeli) ==
 *[[Attica prefecture|Attica]]
 *[[Boeotia prefecture|Boeotia]]

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	*[[Heraklio prefecture\|Heraklio]]		*[[Heraklio prefecture\|Heraklio]]
	*[[Lasithi prefecture\|Lasithi]]		*[[Lasithi prefecture\|Lasithi]]
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		+	== Ionian Islands ==
		+	*[[Corfu]]
		+	*[[Zakynthos]]
		+	*[[Kefallinia prefecture\|Kefallinia]]
		+	*[[Lefkada]]
		+
		+	== Aegean Islands ==
		+	*[[Cyclades]]
		+	*[[Lesbos prefecture\|Lesbos]]
		+	*[[Chios]]
		+	*[[Samos prefecture\|Samos]]
		+	*[[Dodecanese]]

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	*[[Rhodope prefecture\|Rhodope]]		*[[Rhodope prefecture\|Rhodope]]
	*[[Evros prefecture\|Evros]]		*[[Evros prefecture\|Evros]]
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		+	== Crete ==
		+	*[[Chania prefecture\|Chania]]
		+	*[[Rethymno prefecture\|Rethymno]]
		+	*[[Heraklio prefecture\|Heraklio]]
		+	*[[Lasithi prefecture\|Lasithi]]

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	*[[Preveza prefecture\|Preveza]]		*[[Preveza prefecture\|Preveza]]
	*[[Thesprotia prefecture\|Thesprotia]]		*[[Thesprotia prefecture\|Thesprotia]]
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		+	== Macedonia ==
		+	*[[Thessaloniki prefecture\|Thessaloniki]]
		+	*[[Chalkidiki prefecture\|Chalkidiki]]
		+	*[[Imathia prefecture\|Imathia]]
		+	*[[Pieria prefecture\|Pieria]]
		+	*[[Kilkis prefecture\|Kilkis]]
		+	*[[Pella prefecture\|Pella]]
		+	*[[Serres prefecture\|Serres]]
		+	*[[Drama prefecture\|Drama]]
		+	*[[Kavala prefecture\|Kavala]]
		+	*[[Kastoria prefecture\|Kastoria]]
		+	*[[Florina prefecture\|Florina]]
		+	*[[Kozani prefecture\|Kozani]]
		+	*[[Grevena prefecture\|Grevena]]
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		+	== Thrace ==
		+	*[[Xanthi prefecture\|Xanthi]]
		+	*[[Rhodope prefecture\|Rhodope]]
		+	*[[Evros prefecture\|Evros]]