Thessaly

Thessaly Θεσσαλία (Greek)
Administrative region of Greece Traditional region of Greece
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Thessaly within Greece
Coordinates: 39°36′N 22°12′E / 39.6°N 22.2°E / 39.6; 22.2
Country	Greece
Decentralized Administration	Thessaly and Central Greece
Cession	1881
Capital	Larissa
Port city	Volos
Regional units	List Karditsa Larissa Magnesia Trikala Sporades
Government
• Regional governor	Dimitris Kouretas [el] (PASOK – Movement for Change)
Area
• Total	14,036.64 km2 (5,419.58 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	687,527
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym	Thessalian
GDP [2]
• Total	€9.337 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
ISO 3166 code	GR-E
HDI (2019)	0.868[3] very high · 7th of 13
Website	www.pthes.gov.gr

Thessaly (/ˈθɛsəli/ THESS-ə-lee; Greek: Θεσσαλία, romanized: Thessalía [θesaˈli.a]; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία, Petthalía) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (Ancient Greek: Αἰολία, Aiolía), and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey.

Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 regions^[4] and is further (since the Kallikratis reform of 2011) sub-divided into five regional units and 25 municipalities. The capital of the region is Larissa. Thessaly lies in northern Greece and borders the regions of Macedonia to the north, Epirus to the west, Central Greece to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the east. The Thessaly region also includes the Sporades islands.