Fthiotis - Definition and Overview

Statistics
Capital:	Lamia
Area:	4,368 km²
Inhabitants:	168,291(1991)
Population density:	38.53 inh./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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Fthiotis, or Fthiotida 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, Phokida in the south, Aitolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Evrytania in the west, Karditsa in the west, Larissa in the north and Magnesia in the east.

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.

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.

Places

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

Municipalities

Communities

Independent communes

• See: Communes of Fthiotida