:Kos (regional unit)
{{Infobox Greece place
| name = Kos
| name_local = Περιφερειακή ενότητα
Κω
| type = regional unit
| image_skyline = 2010 Dimi Dodekanisou numbered.svg
| caption_skyline = Municipalities of the Dodecanese
| image_map = PE Ko in Greece.svg
| map_caption = Kos within Greece
| coordinates = {{coord|36|50|N|27|10|E|display=inline,title}}
| periph = South Aegean
| seat =
| area = 337.2
| elevation =
| population = 38137
| population_as_of = 2021
| demonym =
| postal_code =
| area_code =
| licence =
| website =
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Kos ({{langx|el|Περιφερειακή ενότητα Κω}}) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of South Aegean. The regional unit covers the islands of Kos, Nisyros and several smaller islands in the Aegean Sea.
Administration
As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Kos was created out of part of the former Dodecanese Prefecture. It is subdivided into 2 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.|title=ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}}
Province
The province of Kos ({{langx|el|Επαρχία Κω}}) was one of the provinces of the Dodecanese Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present regional unit.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf |title=Detailed census results 1991 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183824/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 }} {{small|(39 MB)}} {{in lang|el|fr}} It was abolished in 2006.
References
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{{Prefectures and provinces of Greece}}
Category:Regional units of the South Aegean
Category:2011 establishments in Greece
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