Sooth Aegean

Sooth Aegean Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου
Region o Greece
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Kintra	Greece
Capital	Ermoupoli
Regional units	Leet Andros Kalymnos Karpathos Kea-Kythnos Kos Milos Mykonos Naxos Paros Rhodes Syros Thira Tinos
Govrenment
• Regional govrenor	Ioannis Machairidis (PASOK)
Area
• Total	5286 km2 (2,041 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	320,001
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	GR-L
Website	www.pnai.gov.gr

The Sooth Aegean (Greek: Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου) is ane o the thirteen regions o Greece. It consists of the Cyclades an Dodecanese island groups in the central an sootheastren Aegean Sea.

Admeenistration

The Sooth Aegean region wis established in the 1987 admeenistrative reform. Wi the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its pouers an authority wur redefinit an extendit. Alang wi the North Aegean, it is supervisit bi the Decentralized Admeenistration o the Aegean based at Piraeus. The caipital o the region is situatit in Ermoupoli on the island o Syros.

Till the Kallikratis reform, the region consistit o the twa prefecturs o the Cyclades (caiital: Ermoupoli) an the Dodecanese (caipital: Rhodes). Syne 1 Januar 2011 it is dividit intae 13 regional units, formit aroond major islands:

• Andros
• Kalymnos
• Karpathos
• Kea-Kythnos
• Kos
• Milos
• Mykonos
• Naxos
• Paros
• Rhodes
• Syros
• Thira (Santorini)
• Tinos

The region's govrenor is, syne 1 Januar 2011, Ioannis Machairidis, who wis electit in the November 2010 local admeenistration elections for the Panhellenic Socialist Muivement.

Major communities

• Ermoúpoli (Ερμούπολη)
• Ialysós (Ιαλυσός)
• Kallithéa (Καλλιθέα)
• Kálymnos (Κάλυμνος)
• Kos (Κως)
• Mýkonos (Μύκονος)
• Náxos (Νάξος)
• Páros (Πάρος)
• Petaloúdes (Πεταλούδες)
• Ródos (Ρόδος) (Rhodes in Inglis)
• Santoríni (Σαντορίνη) or Thíra (Θήρα)