South Aegean

The South Aegean is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades & Dodecanese island groups in the central together with southeastern Aegean Sea.

Administration

The South Aegean region was build in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its powers and advice were redefined and extended. Along with the Northern Aegean region, it is supervised by the Decentralized management of the Aegean based at Piraeus. The capital of the region is situated in Ermoupoli on the island of Syros. The administrative region includes 50 inhabited islands, including the popular tourism destinations of Mykonos, Santorini and Rhodes.

Until the Kallikratis reform, the region consisted of the two prefectures of the Cyclades capital: Ermoupoli and the Dodecanese capital: Rhodes. Since 1 January 2011 it is divided into 13 regional units, formed around major islands: