| Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Μακεδονίας-Θράκης |
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| — Decentralized Administration of Greece — | |
| Country | Greece |
| Capital | Thessaloniki |
| Peripheries | |
| Government | |
| • General-Secretary | Thymios N. Sokos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32,968 km2 (12,729 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,480,760 |
| • Density | 75.2/km2 (194.9/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | GR-? |
| GDP | $63.5 billion (2008 statistics[2]) $25,594 per capita |
| Website | www.damt.gov.gr |
The Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace (Greek: Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Μακεδονίας-Θράκης, Αpokentroméni Diíkisi Makedonías-Thrákis) is one of the seven decentralized administrations of Greece,[3] consisting of the peripheries of Central Macedonia and East Macedonia and Thrace.[3] With a population of almost 2.5 million, it is the second most populous in Greece after the decentralized administration of Attica. Its capital is Thessaloniki.[3]
The Administration was created in 2011 as part of the government's large administrative reforms, the Kallikratis Reform. According to the Kallikratis Reform, the Decentralized Administrations are responsible for "perform[ing] general decisive authority in state affairs of their peripheries, according to Article 101 of the Constitution".[4] The current Secretary-General of the Administration is Thymios N. Sokos.[5]