Editing Achaea (section)

===Modern history===
In the [[Greek War of Independence]], Aigio was one of the first cities to be liberated by the Greeks and all of Achaea was liberated by the end of 1821. Achaea produced several heroes including [[Konstantinos Kanaris|Kanaris]], [[Andreas Zaimis|Zaimis]] and [[Benizelos Roufos|Roufos]] and prime ministers of Greece including [[Andreas Michalakopoulos]] as well as some head of states.

In the first administrative subdivision of independent Greece, Achaea was part of the [[Achaea and Elis Prefecture]]. This was divided into the [[prefectures of Greece|prefectures]] of Achaea and [[Elis (regional unit)|Elis]] in 1899. Achaea and Elis were reunited in 1909, and split again in 1930.

Achaea saw an influx of refugees that arrived from [[Asia Minor]] during the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)|Greco Turkish War]] of 1919-1922. Tens of thousands were relocated to their camps in the suburbs of Patras and a few villages mainly within the coastline. One of the camps was named [[Prosfygika]].