Central Greece is the most populace area of Greece with over 4.5 million inhabitants. Central Greece is also the home the one of the world’s oldest cities, Athens. Athens is also the capital and the most populace city in Greece. The largest mountainous regions as well as Greece’s largest lakes are located in Central Greece.
Since Greece consists of a large number of islands the Corinthian Gulf to the south, the Aegean Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the west border the region of Central Greece. Central Greece is considered a periphery of Greece. Peripheries are the official regional administrative divisions of Greece