Peloponnese (region)
Peloponnese
Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 37°24′N 22°18′E / 37.4°N 22.3°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Decentralized Administration | Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian |
| Capital | Tripoli |
| Largest city | Kalamata |
| Regional units | |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Dimitris Ptochos (New Democracy) |
| Area | |
• Total | 15,489.96 km2 (5,980.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 539,535 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Peloponnesian |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €8.448 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GR-J |
| HDI (2022) | 0.871 very high · 9th of 13 |
| Website | ppel |
The Peloponnese Region (Greek: Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου, romanized: Periféria Peloponnísou, [periˈferia pelopoˈnisu]) is a region in southern Greece. It borders Western Greece to the north and Attica to the north-east. The region has an area of about 15,490 square kilometres (5,980 square miles). It covers most of the Peloponnese peninsula, except for the northwestern subregions of Achaea and Elis which belong to Western Greece and a small portion of the Argolid peninsula that is part of Attica.