South Aegean

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South Aegean Periphery Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου
Country:	Greece
Capital:	Ermoupoli
Prefectures:	Cyclades Dodecanese
Secretary-General:	Charalampos Kokkinos
Population:	320,001 (2005)
Area:	5,286 km² (2,041 sq.mi.)
Density:	61/km² (157/sq.mi.)
Website:	www.notioaigaio.gr

South Aegean is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese islands in the South Aegean Sea. The capital of the periphery is situated in Ermoupoli, Syros island while a suboffice is operating in Rhodes, the economical, social and tourism centre of the periphery. In August 2004, the Secretary General of the periphery was Har. Kokkinos.

Major communities

• Ermoúpoli (Ερμούπολη)
• Ialysós (Ιαλυσός)
• Kallithéa (Καλλιθέα)
• Kálymnos (Κάλυμνος)
• Kos (Κως)
• Mýkonos (Μύκονος)
• Náxos (Νάξος)
• Páros (Πάρος)
• Petaloúdes (Πεταλούδες)
• Ródos (Ρόδος) (Rhodes in English)
• Santoríni (Σαντορίνη) or Thíra (Θήρα)

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