Central Greece outside Athens

(Local Name: Stereá Elláda) Central Greece, bounded on the south by the long arm of the sea consisting of the Gulf of Patras and the Gulf of Corinth, takes in the Aetolian/Acarnanian coastal region, the mountain barrier formed by Mts Giona, Parnassus and Parnis, the Boeotian basin and the peninsula of Attica, with the national capital, Athens, the country's largest port, Piraeus, and the Attic coastal plain, together with the island of Euboea to the north-east.

In recent events, some areas of Central Greece were greatly affected by forest fires during the summer of 2007.