Pangaio | |
Name Local: | Παγγαίο |
Type: | municipality |
Periph: | East Macedonia and Thrace |
Periphunit: | Kavala |
Pop Municipality: | 29508 |
Area Municipality: | 701.4 |
Pop Municunit: | 3452 |
Area Municunit: | 79.6 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Coordinates: | 40.95°N 33°W |
Licence: | ΚΒ |
Pangaio (el|Παγγαίο|Pangaío) is a municipality in the Kavala regional unit, Greece, named after the Pangaion hills. The seat of the municipality is in Eleftheroupoli.[1]
The municipality Pangaio was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[1]
The municipality has an area of 701.427 km2, the municipal unit 79.634 km2.[2]
The province of Pangaio (el|Επαρχία Παγγαίου) was one of the provinces of the Kavala Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality, except a part of the municipal unit Eleftheroupoli.[3] It was abolished in 2006.