Sooth Aegean

The Sooth Aegean () 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)

References


Category:Modren regions o Greece
Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions o the European Union
Category:States an territories established in 1987