South Aegean

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South Aegean Periphery
Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου
Location of South Aegean Periphery in Greece
 
Capital Ermoupoli
Prefectures Cyclades
Dodecanese
Population 320,001 (2005)
Area 5,286 km²
Population density 61/km²
Website www.notioaigaio.gr

South Aegean is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese islands in the South Aegean Sea. The capital of the periphery is situated in Ermoupoli, Syros island while a suboffice is operating in Rhodes, the economical, social and tourism centre of the periphery. At this time(8/2004) the Secretary General of the periphery is Har. Kokkinos.