Thessaly
Thessaly (/ˈθɛsəli/ THESS-ə-lee; Greek: Θεσσαλία, romanized: Thessalía [θesaˈli.a]; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία, Petthalía) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (Ancient Greek: Αἰολία, Aiolía), and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey.
Thessaly
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Thessaly within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 39.6°N 22.2°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Decentralized Administration | Thessaly and Central Greece |
| Cession | 1881 |
| Capital | Larissa |
| Port city | Volos |
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| Government | |
| • Regional governor | Dimitris Kouretas (PASOK – Movement for Change) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,036.64 km2 (5,419.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 687,527 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Thessalian |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €9.337 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GR-E |
| HDI (2019) | 0.868 very high · 7th of 13 |
| Website | www |
Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 regions and is further (since the Kallikratis reform of 2011) sub-divided into five regional units and 25 municipalities. The capital of the region is Larissa. Thessaly lies in northern Greece and borders the regions of Macedonia to the north, Epirus to the west, Central Greece to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the east. The Thessaly region also includes the Sporades islands.