ATTICA

'Attica' (in Greek: Αττική, ''; see also List of traditional Greek place names) 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.
Attica is located in what is today Southern Greece, and 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.

Contents

Geography

Climate

Transport

Roads and Highways

Ferry lines

Other

Sporting teams

Football/soccer teams

Premier and second divisions ''A'' & ''B' Ethnikis'' (2006 / 07)

Third division

Junior division/unassorted

All sports

Mini Football

Hospitals

Municipalities and communities

Geography

Attica is a peninsula jutting into the Aegean Sea. Mountains divide 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 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, with the latest cases being in January 2002, February 2004 and January 2006. However, these disruptions are hardly ever widespread for the whole of the region of Athens.
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.

Transport

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

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★ Hymettus Ring (number 64), opened in 2004

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★ 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

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★ Athens Metro

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★ Proastiakos

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★ Transit System (Attica)

Sporting teams

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.