Statistics
Capital:	Kavala
Area:	2,109 km²
Elevation:	Lowest: southern portion Highest: Pangaio m)
Inhabitants:	135,747(1991) 103,000
Population density:	64.37/km²
ISO 3166-2:	GR-55
FIPS code:	GR14
NUTS code:	GR115
Car designation:	KB (Καβάλα)
Code for the municipalities:	xx
Number of provinces:	3
Number of municipalities:	11
Number of independent communes:	none
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Kavala prefecture (Greek: Νομός Καβάλας Nomos Kavalas) is a prefecture in eastern Macedonia. Kavala serves as a capital city but mainly for hrace because Greek Thrace had no permanent capital. The prefecture includes the island of Thasos. The prefecture is bounded with the Nestos river to the east. Kavala prefecture is the easthernmost in Greek Macedonia. The highest point is at the Pangaion hills which elevates at 1,957 m. The second highest is on Thasos island. Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 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 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative division of countries for statistical purposes. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... The National Statistical Service of Greece (NSSG) is a General Secretariat of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance with more than 1100 employees. ... Thasos, is the name of an island in the north of the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Thrace and the plain of the river Nestus (now the Kara-Su). ... The region called Macedonia (or Makedonia) in Greece is a large section of the north-northwestern part of the country which collectivally with Thrace, is forming Northern Greece. ...

Geography

The mountains are the Pangaion hills to the west and the Ypsario mountains on Thasos. The northern portion especially at Karantere are empty and underpopulated. The bounding prefectures and one district of another state (nation) are Serres to the west, Drama to the north, Xanthi to the east. Arable lands are located along the coastline, the northern, the eastern and around the island of Thasos. Thasos has no provinces The Pangaion Hills are a mountain range in Greece, approximately 40 km from Kavala. ... Serres prefecture Seres or Serrai (Greek: Νομός Σερρών Nomos Serron) is a prefecture located in east northeastern Macedonia and is the second northernmost not in point. ...

Climate

The areas that mainly get Mediterranean climate is at the southern, the northern, the eastern portions of the prefecture as well as the island of Thasos. Its climate is mainly continental with cold winters in higher elevations.

Transportation

• GR-2/E75, Via Egnatia, old and new, SW, Cen., E
• GR-57, Cen., N
• GR-69, S on the island of Thasos

Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gaius Ignatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. ... Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gaius Ignatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. ...

Places

• Chrysoupoli
• Eleftheroupoli
• Kavala
• Thasos

Thasos, is the name of an island in the north of the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Thrace and the plain of the river Nestus (now the Kara-Su). ...

Municipalities

Thasos, is the name of an island in the north of the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Thrace and the plain of the river Nestus (now the Kara-Su). ...

Communities

• See also: Communities of the Kavala prefecture