Θεσσαλία - EL61

EU regions: Greece > ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ > Θεσσαλία

indicator	period	value
unemployment rate	2020	17.3
employment rate	2020	55.3
number of inhabitants	2020	715 115
population density	2019	51.4
life long learning participation	2020	3.5
NEET	2019	15.4
old-age dependency ratio	2020	40.5
gender gap in employment rate	2020	74.72

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From wikipedia:

Thessaly (Greek: Θεσσαλία, romanized: Thessalía, [θesaˈli.a]; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία, Petthalía) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (Ancient Greek: Αἰολία, Aiolía), and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey.

Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 regions and is further (since the Kallikratis reform of 2011) sub-divided into five regional units and 25 municipalities. The capital of the region is Larissa. Thessaly lies in northern Greece and borders the regions of Macedonia on the north, Epirus on the west, Central Greece on the south, and the Aegean Sea on the east. The Thessaly region also includes the Sporades islands.

Mythology

In Homer's epic, the Odyssey, the hero Odysseus visited the kingdom of Aeolus, which was the old name for Thessaly.

The Plain of Thessaly, which lies between Mount Oeta/Othrys and Mount Olympus, was the site of the battle between the Titans and the Olympians.

According to legend, Jason and the Argonauts launched their search for the Golden Fleece from the Magnesia Peninsula.

other: ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ, Θεσσαλία, Ιόνια Νησιά, Δυτική Ελλάδα, Στερεά Ελλάδα, Πελοπόννησος

neighbours: Στερεά Ελλάδα, Ήπειρος, Δυτική Ελλάδα, Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Δυτική Μακεδονία

subregions: Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα, Λάρισα, Μαγνησία, Σποράδες

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