Athens Prefecture

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Athens Νομαρχία Αθηνών
Former prefecture
Location of Athens in Greece
Location of municipalities within Athens Prefecture
Country	Greece
Periphery	Attica
Established	1972
Disestablished	2010
Capital	Athens
Area
• Total	361 km2 (139 sq mi)
• Rank	53rd
Population  (2001)
• Total	2,664,776
• Rank	1st
• Density	7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
• Rank	1st
Postal codes	1xx xx
Area codes	21x
ISO 3166 code	GR-A1
Vehicle registration	IH/IK
Website	www.nomarxia.gr

The Athens Prefecture (Greek: Νομαρχία Αθηνών, romanized: Nomarkhía Athinón) was one of the prefectures of Greece. It was part of the Attica region and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture. The capital of the prefecture was the city of Athens. After Lefkada Prefecture it was the second-smallest in Greece, but was the most populous and most densely populated. It covered the central part of the agglomeration of Athens. Its extremities lied in the municipalities or communities of Chaidari in the west, Ekali in the north, Penteli in the east, and Glyfada in the south. It bordered East Attica Prefecture to the northeast, east, and southeast, West Attica Prefecture to the northwest, and Piraeus Prefecture and the Saronic Gulf to the west.