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Periphery:	Thessaly
Capital:	Karditsa
Area:	2,576 km² Ranked 2nd The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational subdivisions of Greece. ... Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Karditsa was also the old name of Akrefnio Karditsa (Greek:Καρδίτσα ) is the name of a city, a municipality and of the prefecture in which it is located. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
Elevation:	Lowest: Aegean Sea Highest: Mount Olympus
Inhabitants:	129,536(2001)
Population density:	50.29/km²
ISO 3166-2:	GR-41
FIPS code:
Car designation:	KA (Karditsa)
Code for the municipalities:	24xx
Number of municipalities:	20
Number of independent communes:
Area/distance code:	11-30-244x0 (030-249x0)
Postal code	43x xx
Name of inhabitants:	sing. -s pl.
2-letter abbreviation/HASC:	KT
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Karditsa is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is within the Thessaly periphery. It is mostly an agricultural prefecture. Capital of this prefecture is the city of Karditsa, a small city of approximately 35,000 people. It is one of the prefectures that has no provinces. Karditsa is known for its beautiful countryside and friendly people. The building of Dimotiki Agora (Δημοτική Αγορά) or Public Market is found in the city and is one of UNESCO's protected cultural monuments. ISO 3166-2:GR are ISO 3166-2 codes for Greece. ... FIPS could mean Federal Information Processing Standard, publicly announced standards developed by the U.S. Federal government. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Kardhitsa Categories: GFDL images ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ... Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Karditsa was also the old name of Akrefnio Karditsa (Greek:Καρδίτσα ) is the name of a city, a municipality and of the prefecture in which it is located. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ...

The city is also an important centre of knowledge, as based there are the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Thessaly, the Faculty of Wood and Furniture Technology and the Faculty of Forestry Technology of the Educational an Technological Institution of Larissa. There is also a police academy.

Karditsa is about 300 kilometers from Athens and can be reached by bus or train from Athens and Thessaloniki. It is located SSE of Trikala, SW of Larissa and NE of Arta. A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... Thessaloníki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη; IPA ) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal, the largest city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ...

The western half of the prefecture is dominated by the Pindus mountains, famous for the Agrafa region of Greece. The Pindus (Greek: Πίνδος, Albanian: Pino) mountains are a range located in northern Greece, roughly 160 km (100 miles) long, with a maximum elevation of 2636 m (8650 ft), along the border of Thessaly and Epirus. ...

There are no provinces in Karditsa.

Karditsa is bounded by the prefectures of Trikala to the north, Larissa to the east, Phthiotis to the southeast, Aetolia-Acarnania and Evrytania to the southwest and Arta to the west. The main rivers are Megdova to the south, one, another to the northwest to the east and the Pineios River to the north. Trikala (Greek: Τρίκαλα) is a prefecture in northwestern Thessaly, Greece. ... Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is a prefecture of Greece, in the periphery of Thessaly. ... Phthiotis, or (Greek, Modern: Φθιώτιδα - Fthiótida, Ancient/Katharevousa: Φθιώτις) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Aetolia-Acarnania, (Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία, Aitoloakarnanía, also Aetoloacarnania) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Evritania, Evrytania (Greek: Ευρυτανία), rarely/Latin: Eurytania is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Arta (Greek: Άρτα, Albanian: Artë)is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, also Pineus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece. ...

Geography

The farmlands dominate the central and the eastern part which is part of the Thessalian Plain while mountains dominate the southern and the western part. The Plastiras Dam and Lake Plastiras is to the south which supplies water to the plains and the central part of Greece.

Transportation

• Greece Interstate 30, NW, Cen., SE
• Karditsa - Larissa road, Cen., NE

Places

• Karditsa
• Palamas
• Sofades

The term Palamas can refer to: Palamas (Greek community), a community of Karditsa in Greece Kostis Palamas, Greek poet This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sofades (Σοφάδες) is a town in Thessaly, central Greece and it belongs to the prefecture of Karditsa (Καρδίτσα). ...

Persons

• Nikolaos Plastiras
• Vassilis Papazachos
• Georgios Karaiskakis
• Charilaos Florakis

Nikolaos Plastiras (Greek: Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας) (November 4, 1883 - July 26, 1953) was a general of the Greek army. ... Vassilis Papazachos (Greek: Βασίλης Παπαζάχος) is a Greek seismologist. ... Georgios Karaiskakis, (Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης in Greek), (1782 in Agrapha, Epirus – 4 May 1827 in Athens) was a leader of the Greek War of Independence. ... Charilaos Florakis (1914-2005) (Greek: Χαρίλαος Φλωράκης also Harilaos Florakis) was a leader of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). ...

Municipalities

Karditsa municipality has six regions: ... Karditsa was also the old name of Akrefnio Karditsa (Greek:Καρδίτσα ) is the name of a city, a municipality and of the prefecture in which it is located. ... The term Palamas can refer to: Palamas (Greek community), a community of Karditsa in Greece Kostis Palamas, Greek poet This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sofades (Σοφάδες) is a town in Thessaly, central Greece and it belongs to the prefecture of Karditsa (Καρδίτσα). ...

Communities

• See: List of communities of Karditsa

This is a list of the communities of Karditsa Prefecture, Greece: // A–B Agia Paraskevi Agia Triada Agiopigi Agioi Theodoroi/Agios Theodoros? Agios Akakios Agios Dimitrios Agios Georgios Agios Visarios Agnantero Amarandos Ampeliko Ampelos Amygdali Anavra Anogio Anthiro Anthchori Apidea Argithea Artesiano Asimochori Astritsa Athamanio Belokomoti? Bezola C–D Charma...

External links

• Map of Karditsa
• Directory for Karditsa
• in Greek:
  • http://www.e-city.gr/karditsa/
  • http://www.karditsa-net.gr/
  • MyKarditsa, includes news and so much more
  • http://www.e-karditsa.gr/