Ikaria (regional unit)

Ikaria Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ικαρίας
Regional unit
Municipalities of Ikaria and Samos
Samos and Ikaria within Greece
Coordinates: GR 37°40′N 26°20′E / 37.667°N 26.333°E / 37.667; 26.333Coordinates: GR 37°40′N 26°20′E / 37.667°N 26.333°E / 37.667; 26.333
Country	Greece
Region	North Aegean
Area
• Total	300.6 km2 (116.1 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	9,882
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)

Ikaria (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ικαρίας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of North Aegean. The regional unit covers the island of Ikaria and the small archipelago Fournoi Korseon, in the Aegean Sea.

Administration

As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Ikaria was created out of part of the former Samos Prefecture. It is subdivided into 2 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):^[1]

• Ikaria (2)
• Fournoi Korseon (3)

Province

The province of Ikaria (Greek: Επαρχία Ικαρίας) was one of the provinces of the Samos Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present regional unit.^[2] It was abolished in 2006.

References

Administrative division of the Northern Aegean Region
Area 3,836 km2 (1,481 sq mi) Population 199,231 (as of 2011) Municipalities 9 (since 2011) Capital Mytilini (Lesbos)
Regional unit of Chios	Chios Oinousses Psara
Regional unit of Ikaria	Fournoi Korseon Ikaria
Regional unit of Lemnos	Agios Efstratios Lemnos
Regional unit of Lesbos	Lesbos
Regional unit of Samos	Samos
Regional governor Christiana Kalogirou (since 2014) Decentralized Administration Aegean