Editing Thasos (section)

==Administration==
Thasos is a separate [[regional units of Greece|regional unit]] of the [[East Macedonia and Thrace]] region, and the only [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|municipality]] of the regional unit. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Thasos was created out of part of the former [[Kavala Prefecture]].<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.|title=ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> The municipality, unchanged at the Kallikratis reform, includes a few uninhabited islets besides the main island Thasos and has an area of 380.097&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-21}}</ref> The province of Thasos ({{langx|el|Επαρχία Θάσου}}) was one of the [[provinces of Greece|provinces]] of the Kavala Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.<ref name=census91>{{cite web |url= http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf |title= Detailed census results 1991 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183824/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf |archive-date= 2016-03-03 }}&nbsp;{{small|(39&nbsp;MB)}} {{in lang|el|fr}}</ref> It was abolished in 2006.