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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Infobox settlement The Ionian Islands Region (Шаблон:IPAc-en Шаблон:Respell; Шаблон:Lang-el, Шаблон:IPA-el) is the smallest by area of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece located in the Ionian Sea. It comprises all the Ionian Islands except Kythera, which, although historically part of the island group, was separated and integrated to the Attica Region.

Demographics

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Cape Drastis

The population of the Ionian Islands in 2011 was 207,855, decreased by 1.5% compared to the population in 2001.[1] Nevertheless, the region remains the third by population density with 90.1/km2 nationwide, well above the national of 81.96/km2. The most populous of the major islands is Corfu with a population of 104,371, followed by Zante (40,759), Cephalonia (35,801), Leucas (23,693) and Ithaca (3,231). In 2001, the foreign-born population was 19,360 or 9.3%, the majority of which was concentrated in Corfu and Zante. Most of them originate from Albania (13,536). The fertility rate for 2011 according to Eurostat was 1.35 live births per woman.[2]

Economy

The regional gross domestic product for 2010 was 4,029 million euros. The GDP per capita for the same year was 18,440 euros per capita which was lower than the national median of 20,481. However, the GDP per capita of Cephalonia and Zante, 23,275 and 24,616 respectively, was much higher than the national figure.[3] Additionally, unemployment for 2012 was 14.7, the lowest among all Greek regions, and much lower compared to the national unemployment of 24.2.[4]

Tourism

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A Corfu beach

The region is a popular tourist destination. The airports of Corfu, Zante and Cephalonia were in the top ten in Greece by number of international arrivals, with 1,386,289 international arrivals for 2012, with Corfu being the sixth airport by number of arrivals nationwide, while Zante and Cephalonia also being in the top ten. Cephalonia Airport had the biggest increase nationwide by 13.11% compared to 2011, while Corfu had an increase of 6.31%.[5][6]

Administration

The region was established in the 1987 administrative reform, comprising the prefectures of Corfu, Kefalonia and Ithaca, Lefkada and Zakynthos.

With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with West Greece and Peloponnese regions, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of the Peloponnese, West Greece and the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Corfu and is divided into 5 regional units:[7]

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Paraskeví Church, Kipséli, Zakynthos

Historical population

Year Population Density
1862 228,631 87.8/kmШаблон:Sup
1864 229,516
1879 244,433 106.0/kmШаблон:Sup
1889 238,783
1896 282,853
1907 254,494
1920 224,189 97.1/kmШаблон:Sup
1928 213,157 92.4/kmШаблон:Sup
1940 219,562 95.1/kmШаблон:Sup
1951 228,597 99.0/kmШаблон:Sup
1961 207,061 89.7/kmШаблон:Sup
1971 184,443
1981 182,651 79.1/kmШаблон:Sup
1991 193,734 83.9/kmШаблон:Sup
2001 212,984 92.3/kmШаблон:Sup
2011 207,855 90/kmШаблон:Sup
2021 200,726
Sources:[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

References

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External links

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Шаблон:Ionian Islands Шаблон:Administrative regions of Greece Шаблон:History of the Ionian Islands

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