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Ikaria Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ικαρίας
Regional unit
Municipalities of Ikaria and Samos
IkariaIkaria within Greece
Coordinates: 37°40′N 26°20′E / 37.667°N 26.333°E / 37.667; 26.333
Country	Greece
Administrative region	North Aegean
Area
• Total	300.6 km (116.1 sq mi)
Population
• Total	10,186
• Density	34/km (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Ikaria (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ικαρίας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of North Aegean. The regional unit covers the island of Ikaria and the small archipelago Fournoi Korseon, in the Aegean Sea.

Administration

As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Ikaria was created out of part of the former Samos Prefecture. It is subdivided into 2 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):

• Ikaria (2)
• Fournoi Korseon (3)

Province

The province of Ikaria (Greek: Επαρχία Ικαρίας) was one of the provinces of the Samos Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present regional unit. It was abolished in 2006.

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. (39 MB) (in Greek and French)

v t e Administrative division of the North Aegean Region
Area 3,836 km (1,481 sq mi) Population 199,231 (as of 2011) Municipalities 9 (since 2011) Capital Mytilini (Lesbos)
Regional unit of Chios	Chios Oinousses Psara
Regional unit of Ikaria	Fournoi Korseon Ikaria
Regional unit of Lemnos	Agios Efstratios Lemnos
Regional unit of Lesbos	Mytilene West Lesbos
Regional unit of Samos	East Samos West Samos
Regional governor Kostas Moutzouris [el] (since 2019) Decentralized Administration Aegean

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