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Periphery:Central Greece
Prefectures : Euboea, Evritania , Fokis , Fthiotis , Viotia

Viotia

Viotia (Greek: Βοιωτία), also Voiotia is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is within the Central Greece periphery. The area was known in ancient imes as Boeotia. Its capital is Livadeia and the second largest city is Thebes. It has access to the island of Euboea via two bridges, one that runs through Chalkida and one bypasses it with another road via Athens. Its bounding prefectures are Phokida in the west, Fthiotis in the north and northwest, Euboea in the east via a bay and a gulf and Attica in the south.

It has two lakes located northeast, one in 2002 revealed a lost village.

Geography

Its geography includes part of the Parnitha ranges in the southwest with a huge mining area, one of the largest in the southeast and mountains in the south including Helicon and more cover the west including mount Parnassus where the prefecture's only skiing resort is located and more in the north with a few forests and hills in the east. Its longest river, the Cephissus valley is in the central part is where most of the low-lying areas of Viotia lie. Two lakes are in the northeast and was considered a wetland.

Climate

Its climate ranges from hot summers to mild to cool winters while much of the day in the northern and the eastern part are cloudy during the later part of the day. Winter is very common in areas higher than 1,000 m and summer is a little cooler than the low lying areas.

History

For history before the prefecture, see the Boeotia article.

In mid-2001 in the forested hills of Dilesi, a forest fire consumed most of the mountain and burnt a few or tens of houses and properties. Damages were in the billions of drachmas or millions of dollars. The fire lasted for a few days.

Monastery of Osios Lukas

Transportation

Greece Interstate 1/E75, SE, E, NE
Greece Interstate 3, S, E, Cen., W, NW
Greece Interstate 27, W, SW
Greece Interstate 44, E
Greece Interstate 48, W

Places

Arachova
Livadeia
Tanagra
Thebes

Orchomenus, Theater

Municipalities

Municipality	YPES code	Seat	Postal code
Akraifnia	0801	Akrefnio	322 00
Aliartos	0802	Aliartos	322 01
Arachova	0804	Arachova	320 04
Chaironeia	0820	Cheronia	321 00
Davlia	0806	Davlia	320 08
Dervenochori	0807	Pyli	190 12
Distomo	0808	Distomo	320 05
Oinofyta	0815	Oinofyta	320 11
Koroneia	0812	Agios Georgios	320 07
Livadeia/Levadia	0814	Livadeia	321 00
Orchomenos	0816	Orchomenos	323 00
Plataies	0817	Kaparelli	322 00
Schimatari	0818	Schimatari	320 09
Tanagra	0819	Arma	322 00
Thespies	0809	Thespies	320 02
Thisvi	0811	Domvrena	320 10
Thiva	0810	Thebes	322 00
Vayia	0805	Vayia	320 02