Argolis

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Most arable land lies in the central part of Argolis. Its primary agricultural resources are oranges and olives. Argolis has a coastline on the Saronic Gulf in the northeast and on the Argolic Gulf in the south and southeast. Notable mountains ranges are the Oligyrtos in the northwest, Lyrkeio and Ktenia in the west, and Arachnaio and Didymo in the east.

Argolis has land borders with Arcadia to the west and southwest, Corinthia to the north, and the Islands regional unit (Troezen area) to the east. Ancient Argolis included Troezen.

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Parts of the history of the area can be found in the articles on Argos, Mycenae, Epidaurus, Nafplio, Troezen, Ermioni, Kranidi, Tiryns and Tolo.

From 1833 to 1899, Argolis was part of Argolidocorinthia, which included present Corinthia, Hydra, Spetses and Kythira. It joined Corinthia to form Argolidocorinthia again in 1909. Forty years later, in 1949, Argolis was finally separated from Corinthia.

The regional unit Argolis is subdivided into 4 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}}

• Argos-Mykines (2)
• Epidaurus (Epidavros, 3)
• Ermionida (4)
• Nafplio (1)

As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Argolis was created out of the former prefecture Argolis ({{langx|el|Νομός Αργολίδας}}). The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.

The provinces of Argolis were:

• Argos Province – Argos
• Ermionida Province – Kranidi
• Nafplia Province – Nafplio

The area is connected by highways:

• E65 (northwest)
• Greek National Road 7
• Greek National Road 70 (east)

{{Main|List of Greek language newspapers}}

• Argeiakon Bima – Argos
• Ta Nea tis Argolidos – Nafplio

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• Argaiki Radiofonia – Argos
• Argos Radio Deejay – Argos – 96.2 FM
• Cool FM – Argos, Kefalari – 90.7 FM
• Dimotiko Radiofoniou Nafpliou – Nafplio
• Orange FM – Argos – 91.1 FM
• Radio Argolida – Nafplio – 90.2 FM
• Radio Ermionida – Ermioni
• Radio Kranidi – Kranidi
• Style 89.6 – Argos – 89.6 FM

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• List of settlements in Argolis
• List of traditional Greek place names

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• {{cite book | title = A Greek Countryside: The Southern Argolid from Prehistory to the Present Day | last1 = Jameson | first1 = Michael H. | last2 = Runnels | first2 = Curtis Neil | last3 = van Andel | first3 = Tjeerd Hendrik | publisher = Stanford University Press | year = 1994 | isbn = 978-0-804716086 }}
• {{cite book | title = Contingent Countryside: Settlement, Economy, and Land Use in the Southern Argolid Since 1700 | editor-last = Sutton | editor-first = Susan Buck | publisher = Stanford University Press | year = 2000 | isbn = 978-0-804733151 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ukDbeQbFOUAC }}

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