Central Greece (administrative region)

Central Greece Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας
Administrative region of Greece
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Coordinates: 38°42′N 22°42′E / 38.7°N 22.7°E / 38.7; 22.7
Country	Greece
Decentralized Administration	Thessaly and Central Greece
Capital	Lamia
Largest city	Chalcis
Regional units	List Boeotia Euboea Evrytania Phocis Phthiotis
Government
• Governor	Fanis Spanos (New Democracy)
Area
• Total	15,549.31 km2 (6,003.62 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	508,254
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Total	€9.635 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ISO 3166 code	GR-H
HDI (2022)	0.876[3] very high · 6th of 13
Website	www.pste.gov.gr

Central Greece (Greek: Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας, romanized: Periféreia Stereás Elládas, Greek pronunciation: [periˈferia stereˈas eˈlaðas], colloquially known as Ρούμελη (Roúmeli)) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. The region occupies the eastern part of the traditional region of Central Greece, including the island of Euboea. To the south it borders the regions of Attica and the Peloponnese, to the west the region of Western Greece, to the north the region of Thessaly and to the northwest it shares a small border with Epirus. Its capital city is Lamia and the largest city is Chalcis.