Peloponnese (periphery)

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Peloponnese Periphery
Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου
Location of Peloponnese Periphery in Greece
 
Country: Flag of Greece Greece
Capital: Tripoli
Prefectures: Arcadia
Argolis
Corinthia
Laconia
Messinia
Population: 650,310

(2005)

Area: 15,490 km² (5,981 sq.mi.)
Density: 42 /km² (109 /sq.mi.)
Website: www.peloponnisos.gr

Peloponnese (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, Peloponnesos), is a periphery in southern Greece. It borders the periphery of West Greece to the north and that of Attica to the north-east. The province has an area of about 15,490 km². It is part of the wider Peloponnese peninsula.

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The Peloponnese Periphery is divided into five prefectures (Greek: νομοί):

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