Statistics
Periphery:	Central Greece
Capital:	Lamia
Area:	4,368 km²
Inhabitants:	178,896(2001)
Population density:	40.96inh./km²
ISO 3166-2:	GR-06
Car designation:	MI, Lamia
Code for the municipalities:	49xx
Number of provinces:	2
Number of municipalities:	23
Number of independent communes:	2
Area/distance code:	11-30-226x0 (030-226x0)
Postal code	3x xx
Name of inhabitants:	Phthiotian/Fthiotian sing. -s pl.
2 letter abbreviation/HASC:	FT
Address of administration:	10 Ypsilantou St. Lamia 351 00
Website:	www.fthiotida.gr (in Greek)
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Phthiotis, or (Greek, Modern: Φθιώτιδα - Fthiótida, Ancient/Katharevousa: Φθιώτις) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is bordered by the prefectures of Euboea via a gulf in the east, Boeotia in the west, Phocis in the south, Aetolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Evrytania in the west, Karditsa in the west, Larissa in the north and Magnesia in the east. The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational subdivisions of Greece. ... Central Greece/Sterea Ellada: (Gr: Στερεα Ελλαδα) is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. ... Lamia (Greek: Λαμία) is a city in central Greece (population 75,000). ... 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. ... 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. ... Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... map File links The following pages link to this file: Fthiotis 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 ... Lamia (Greek: Λαμία) is a city in central Greece (population 75,000). ... Euboea, or Evia or Negropont (Greek: Εύβοια, modern transliteration: Evvoia, Evvia or Evia), is the largest island of the Greek archipelago. ... Boeotia (Greek Βοιωτια) was the central area of ancient Greece. ... Phocis (Greek, Modern: Φωκίδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s, also Phokida, Phokis) is an ancient district of central 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. ... Karditsa is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is a prefecture of Greece, in the periphery of Thessaly. ... Magnesia (Greek: Μαγνησία Magnisia), deriving from the Macedonian tribe name Magnetes, is the name of the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece. ...

Geography

Much of the areas within the shorelines are mountainous from the southern part with a few low-lying areas but the lowlands are in the central part and a length of 200 to 500 m in average in the north and in the Cephissus and the Spercheios valleys. GR-1 used to encircle the western part of the shoreline of Fthiotis until a tunnel opened up. Mountains dominate the south, the southwest, the further west and the north. The northern Cephissus river (Greek Κήφισσος: Kifissós, Kephissós, or Kêphissos) or Cephisus (Greek Κήφισος: Kêphisos) rises at Lilaea in Phocis and flows by Delphi through Boeotia and eventually issues into Lake Copais which is therefore also called the Cephisian Lake. ... The Spercheios (Greek: Σπερχειός, Latin: Spercheus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece. ...

History

The prefecture in the 1950s began construction of the GR-1 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki). Electricity and pavement of the roads began in the 1950s and the 1960s. The highway bypassed Lamia. It was opened a few years later. In the late-1990s, the tunnel began construction and was planned in the later part of the century ans is located in the eastern part of the prefecture. The grand opening of the Maliakos Tunnel linking near Stylida and E of Kameni Vourla was opened in the mid-2000s. // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U.S. presidential election, 2000 September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ...

In the Spercheios, flooding which began on March 6, 2005 flooded several places and caused mudslides in the western part wrecking homes and properties. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Ongoing events • Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • Tsunami relief • Cedar Revolution in Lebanon • Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan • German Visa Affair 2005 • Expo 2005 in Nagoya, Japan • Terri Schiavo controversy • Pope John Paul II...

Transportation

• E65, S, Cen., NE
• Greece Interstate 1/E75, SE, E, Cen., NE
• Greece Interstate 3, SE, S, Cen., N
• Greece Interstate 27, S, Cen.
• Greece Interstate 38, W, Cen.

Greece Interstate 1 is one of the longest highways in Greece. ... The E75 is part of the Trans European Road Network, which is a series of main roads in the European Union. ... Greece Interstate 3 is a highway that is the old national road from Eleusis to Larissa, and near Tyrnavos to Elassonas and the new national road up to the FYROM border near Niki. ... Greece Interstate 27 is a highway linking Itea, Amfissa and Lamia. ... Greece Interstate 38 is a highway linking the cities of Agrinio, Karpenisi and Lamia. ...

Places

• Atalanti
• Kamena Vourla
• Lamia
• Malesina
• Martinos
• Sperchiada
• Stylida

Municipalities

Communities

Independent communes

• See: Communes of Fthiotida