Attica
Attica is a region of Greece.
Attica may also refer to:
Places in Canada
Places in the United States
- Attica, Indiana
- Attica, Kansas
- Attica Township, Michigan
- Attica (town), New York
- Attica (village), New York
- The Attica Correctional Facility, in Attica, New York
- Attica Prison riots in 1971
- Attica, Ohio
Other uses
- Attica, a 1980 TV movie based on the Attica Prison riots
- Attica (automobiles), a Greek manufacturer of microcars
- Attica (band)
- 1138 Attica, an asteroid
- Attica (Science Fiction), the setting of "a dark quest" in a 2006 science fiction novel of the same name by Garry Douglass Kilworth
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Extended Definition: Attica
Attica
| Attica Periphery Περιφέρεια Αττικής | |
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| Country: |  Greece |
| Capital: | Athens |
| Prefectures: | Athens East Attica Piraeus West Attica |
| Population: | 3,841,408
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| Area: | 3,808 km² (1,470 sq.mi.) |
| Density: | 1,009 /km² (2,613 /sq.mi.) |
| Website: | www.attiki.gov.gr |
Attica (Greek: Αττική, Attiki) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. Attica is subdivided into the prefectures of Athens, Piraeus, East Attica and West Attica.
Located in the south of the country, Attica covers about 3,808 square kilometers. In addition to Athens, it contains within its area the cities of Peiraeus, Eleusis, Megara, Laurium, and Marathon, as well as a small part of the Peloponnese peninsula and the islands of Salamis, Aegina, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, Kythira, and Antikythera. About 3,750,000 people live in the periphery, of which more than 95% are inhabitants of the Athens metropolitan area.
Athens was originally the capital of Central Greece.
Geography
Attica is a peninsula jutting into the Aegean Sea. It is naturally divided to the north from Boeotia by the 10 mi (16 km) long Kithairon mountain range. Mountains separate the peninsula into the plains of Pedia, Mesogeia, and Thriasia. The mountains include Hymettus, the eastern portion of Geraneia, Parnitha, Aigaleo and the Penteli mountains. To the north it is bordered by the Boeotian plain and to the west it is bordered by Corinth. The Saronic Gulf lies to the south and the island of Euboea lies off the north coast. Athens' first and only large reservoir, Lake Marathon, is about 42 km (26 mi) northeast and is called the Marathon Dam, which first opened in the 1920s. Since that time, it has been Attica's largest lake. Forests cover the area around Parnitha, around Hymettus and into the northeast and the north in the hills and the mountains, except for the mountaintops, but the mountains to the west and the south are grassy, barren or forested.
The Cephisus River is the longest river, and Parnetha or Parnitha is the tallest mountain in Attica. The prefecture also has parklands in the Hymettus, Penteli and the Parnitha mountains and the southern part of the peninsula.
According to Plato, Attica's ancient boundaries were fixed by the Isthmus, and that in the direction of the continent they extended as far as the heights of Cithaeron and Parnes. The boundary line came down in the direction of the sea, having the district of Oropus on the right, and with the river Asopus as the limit on the left.
Climate
The climate is typically Mediterranean, with hot dry summers and generally low rainfall totals. Annual precipitation varies from 370 mm to over 1000 mm. Winters are cool and generally mild in the low-lying areas adjacent to the sea, but are harsher in the mountains. It is often the case that snowfalls cause disruption in areas of Attica, although these disruptions are rarely widespread for the whole of the region of Athens, with the latest cases being in January 2002, February 2004 and January 2006. The absolute minimum temperature of the region is -10.4C and was recorded at Votanikos, Athens, while the highest temperature was recorded at Tatoi (airport) and was +48.7C. Forest fires and flash floods are common.
Major communities
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Transportation
Roads and Highways
The area is connected by roads and highways:
- Greek National Road 1 (motorway)
- Greek National Road 3 (old highway of Athens-Thessaloniki)
- Greek National Road 8 (old highway linking Patras, the Peloponnese and Athens)
- Greek National Road 8A (motorway)
- Greek National Road 79
- Greek National Road 83 (Marathonos Avenue)
- Greek National Road 89
- Greek National Road 91
- Attiki Odos, number 6 (privately owned motorway), gradually opened from 2001 to 2004
- Hymettus Ring (number 64), opened in 2004
- Egaleo Ring (number 65), opened in 2004, still under construction in its southern part.
Ferry lines
Numerous ferry lines, both normal ferries and the "flying dolphins" (fast sea vessels), connect the port of Piraeus with the islands of the periphery.
Other
- Athens Mass Transit System
- Athens Metro
- Attiki station
- Proastiakos
- Transit System (Attica)
Sports
Football/soccer teams
Premier and second divisions A & B' Ethnikis (2006 / 07)
- AEK - Athens
- Chaidari - Chaidari Athens
- Chalkidona - Chalkidona
- Egaleo FC (or Egaleo) - Aegaleo Athens
- Ethnikos Asteras - Kesariani Athens
- Ethnikos Piraeus - Piraeus Athens
- Ilisiakos - Zografou Athens
- Ionikos - Nikaia, founded in 1965
- Kallithea - Kallithea (Athens), founded in 1966 --
- Olympiacos (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pireos, OSFP) - Piraeus
- Panathinaikos - Athens
- Panionios NFC - Nea Smyrni (Athens)
- Proodeutiki - Nikaia (Athens)
- Thrasivoulos - Fyli Athens
Third division
- Acharnaikos - Acharnes (Menidi)
- Agios Demetrios - Athens
- Aias Salamina - Salamina
- Apollon - Athens
- Ilioupoli GS
- Koropi AO
- Vyzas - Megara
Junior division/unassorted
- Aittitos - Spata
- Aris Petroupoli - Petroupoli
- Aris Vari FC - Vari
- Artemis FC - Artemis (Loutsa)
- Aspropyrgos
- Gkyziakos - Gkyzi
- Kouvaras AC - Kouvaras
- Olympiakos Papagou - Papagou
- Panelefsiniakos - Eleusis
All sports
- Ampelokipoi AC - Athens (in the area of Ampelokipoi), fourth division
- Ethnikos GS - Athens, fourth division
- Fokianos Athinon - Athens, fourth division
Mini Football
- Mini soccer fields - Online bookings
- Mini soccer fields and football academies
- Mini Football/soccer fields
Hospitals
- Agios Panteleimonas Hospital - Nikaia
- Eleusis Hospital - Eleusis
- Laikon Hospital - Zografou
- Agios Panteleimonas Hospital - Nikaia
- Metropolitan Hospital - Athens
- Tzaneio Hospital - Piraeus
- Asklipio - Voula
- Eginition Hospital - Athens
- Evgenidion Hospital - Athens
- Evangelismos Hospital - Athens
Municipalities and communities
- List of municipalities and communities in Attica
- List of settlements in Attica
Provinces
- Province of Attica - Athens
- Province of Kythera
- Province of Megara (Megaris) - Megara
- Province of Salamis - Salamis, now part of Piraeus
The former provinces in italics no longer exist.
See also
External Links
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Attica". Image Credit.
