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<div class="nickname ib-settlement-native">Νομός Μαγνησίας</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">Former <a href="Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">prefecture</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Magnesia Prefecture in Greece</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Peripheries_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Peripheries of Greece">Periphery</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1899</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disestablished</th><td class="infobox-data">2011</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,367 km<sup>2</sup> (914 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="List_of_the_prefectures_of_Greece_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the prefectures of Greece by area">List of the prefectures of Greece by area</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2001)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">193,439</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="List_of_the_prefectures_of_Greece_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the prefectures of Greece by population">List of the prefectures of Greece by population</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">82/km<sup>2</sup> (210/sq mi)</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Magnesia Prefecture</b> (<a href="Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Νομός Μαγνησίας</span>) was one of the <a href="Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">prefectures of Greece</a>. Its capital was <a href="Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a>. It was established in 1899 from the <a href="Larissa_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Larissa Prefecture">Larissa Prefecture</a>. The prefecture was disbanded on 1 January 2011 by the <a href="Kallikratis_programme" class="mw-redirect" title="Kallikratis programme">Kallikratis programme</a>, and split into the <a href="Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">regional units</a> of <a href="Magnesia_(regional_unit)" title="Magnesia (regional unit)">Magnesia</a> and the <a href="Sporades" title="Sporades">Sporades</a>.
</p><p>The toponym is ancient to the region. Ore that attracts iron is common in Magnesia, which is the origin of words such as <i><a href="Magnet" title="Magnet">magnet</a></i> and <i><a href="Magnetism" title="Magnetism">magnetism</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the chemical elements <i><a href="Magnesium" title="Magnesium">magnesium</a></i>, derived from the mineral <i><a href="Magnesium_carbonate" title="Magnesium carbonate">magnesia alba</a></i>, and <i><a href="Manganese" title="Manganese">manganese</a></i>, derived from the mineral <i><a href="Manganese_dioxide" title="Manganese dioxide">magnesia nigra</a></i> via Latin.
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<div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikivoyage has a travel guide for <i><b><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Magnesia#Q205668" class="extiw external" title="wikivoyage:Magnesia">Magnesia</a></b></i>.</div></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Online Etymology Dictionary, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=magnet">http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=magnet</a></span>
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<li><a href="Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaea</a></li>
<li>Adrianople<sup>a</sup></li>
<li><a href="Aetolia-Acarnania" title="Aetolia-Acarnania">Aetolia-Acarnania</a></li>
<li><a href="Arcadia_(regional_unit)" title="Arcadia (regional unit)">Arcadia</a></li>
<li><a href="Argolis_and_Corinthia_Prefecture" title="Argolis and Corinthia Prefecture">Argolis and Corinthia</a></li>
<li><a href="Argolis" title="Argolis">Argolis</a></li>
<li>Argyrokastron<sup>b</sup></li>
<li><a href="Arta_(regional_unit)" title="Arta (regional unit)">Arta</a></li>
<li><a href="Attica_and_Boeotia_Prefecture" title="Attica and Boeotia Prefecture">Attica and Boeotia</a></li>
<li><a href="Attica_Prefecture" title="Attica Prefecture">Attica</a><sup>c</sup></li>
<li><a href="Boeotia" title="Boeotia">Boeotia</a></li>
<li><a href="Cephalonia_Prefecture" title="Cephalonia Prefecture">Cephalonia</a></li>
<li><a href="Chalkidiki" title="Chalkidiki">Chalkidiki</a></li>
<li><a href="Chania_(regional_unit)" title="Chania (regional unit)">Chania</a></li>
<li><a href="Chios_(regional_unit)" title="Chios (regional unit)">Chios</a></li>
<li><a href="Corfu_(regional_unit)" title="Corfu (regional unit)">Corfu</a></li>
<li><a href="Corinthia" title="Corinthia">Corinthia</a></li>
<li><a href="Cyclades" title="Cyclades">Cyclades</a></li>
<li><a href="Dodecanese" title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a></li>
<li><a href="Drama_(regional_unit)" title="Drama (regional unit)">Drama</a><sup>d</sup></li>
<li><a href="Elis_(regional_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elis (regional unit)">Elis</a></li>
<li><a href="Euboea_(regional_unit)" title="Euboea (regional unit)">Euboea</a></li>
<li><a href="Evros_(regional_unit)" title="Evros (regional unit)">Evros</a><sup>d</sup></li>
<li><a href="Evrytania" title="Evrytania">Evrytania</a></li>
<li><a href="Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a></li>
<li><a href="Grevena_(regional_unit)" title="Grevena (regional unit)">Grevena</a></li>
<li><a href="Heraklion_(regional_unit)" title="Heraklion (regional unit)">Heraklion</a></li>
<li><a href="Imathia" title="Imathia">Imathia</a></li>
<li><a href="Ioannina_(regional_unit)" title="Ioannina (regional unit)">Ioannina</a></li>
<li>Kallipolis<sup>a</sup></li>
<li><a href="Karditsa_(regional_unit)" title="Karditsa (regional unit)">Karditsa</a></li>
<li><a href="Kastoria_(regional_unit)" title="Kastoria (regional unit)">Kastoria</a></li>
<li><a href="Kavala_Prefecture" title="Kavala Prefecture">Kavala</a><sup>d</sup></li>
<li><a href="Kilkis_(regional_unit)" title="Kilkis (regional unit)">Kilkis</a></li>
<li>Korytsa<sup>b</sup></li>
<li><a href="Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a></li>
<li>Lacedaemon</li>
<li><a href="Laconia" title="Laconia">Laconia</a></li>
<li>Lakoniki</li>
<li><a href="Larissa_(regional_unit)" title="Larissa (regional unit)">Larissa</a></li>
<li><a href="Lasithi" title="Lasithi">Lasithi</a></li>
<li><a href="Lefkada_(regional_unit)" title="Lefkada (regional unit)">Lefkada</a></li>
<li><a href="Lesbos_Prefecture" title="Lesbos Prefecture">Lesbos</a></li>
<li><a href="Messenia" title="Messenia">Messenia</a></li>
<li><a href="Pella_(regional_unit)" title="Pella (regional unit)">Pella</a></li>
<li><a href="Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phocis and Locris</a></li>
<li><a href="Phocis" title="Phocis">Phocis</a></li>
<li><a href="Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phthiotis and Phocis</a></li>
<li><a href="Phthiotis" title="Phthiotis">Phthiotis</a></li>
<li><a href="Pieria_(regional_unit)" title="Pieria (regional unit)">Pieria</a></li>
<li><a href="Piraeus_Prefecture" title="Piraeus Prefecture">Piraeus</a></li>
<li><a href="Preveza_(regional_unit)" title="Preveza (regional unit)">Preveza</a></li>
<li><a href="Rethymno_(regional_unit)" title="Rethymno (regional unit)">Rethymno</a></li>
<li>Rhaedestos<sup>a</sup></li>
<li><a href="Rhodope_(regional_unit)" title="Rhodope (regional unit)">Rhodope</a><sup>d</sup></li>
<li><a href="Samos_Prefecture" title="Samos Prefecture">Samos</a></li>
<li>Saranta Ekklisies<sup>a</sup></li>
<li><a href="Serres_(regional_unit)" title="Serres (regional unit)">Serres</a></li>
<li>Sfakia</li>
<li><a href="Thesprotia" title="Thesprotia">Thesprotia</a></li>
<li><a href="Thessaloniki_(regional_unit)" title="Thessaloniki (regional unit)">Thessaloniki</a></li>
<li><a href="Trikala_(regional_unit)" title="Trikala (regional unit)">Trikala</a></li>
<li>Trifylia</li>
<li><a href="Xanthi_(regional_unit)" title="Xanthi (regional unit)">Xanthi</a><sup>d</sup></li>
<li><a href="Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zakynthos</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="By_year_established614" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">By year established</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1800s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<dl><dt>1833</dt>
<dd>Achaea and Elis</dd>
<dd><a href="Aetolia-Acarnania" title="Aetolia-Acarnania">Aetolia-Acarnania</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Arcadia_(regional_unit)" title="Arcadia (regional unit)">Arcadia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Argolis_and_Corinthia_Prefecture" title="Argolis and Corinthia Prefecture">Argolis and Corinthia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Attica_and_Boeotia_Prefecture" title="Attica and Boeotia Prefecture">Attica and Boeotia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Cyclades" title="Cyclades">Cyclades</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Euboea_(regional_unit)" title="Euboea (regional unit)">Euboea</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Laconia" title="Laconia">Laconia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Messenia" title="Messenia">Messenia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phocis and Locris</a></dd>
<dt>1845</dt>
<dd><a href="Phthiotis_and_Phocis_Prefecture" title="Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture">Phthiotis and Phocis</a></dd>
<dt>1864</dt>
<dd><a href="Corfu_(regional_unit)" title="Corfu (regional unit)">Corfu</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Kefalonia_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kefalonia Prefecture">Kefallinia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Lefkada_(regional_unit)" title="Lefkada (regional unit)">Lefkada</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zakynthos</a></dd>
<dt>1882</dt>
<dd><a href="Arta_(regional_unit)" title="Arta (regional unit)">Arta</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Larissa_(regional_unit)" title="Larissa (regional unit)">Larissa</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Trikala_(regional_unit)" title="Trikala (regional unit)">Trikala</a></dd>
<dt>1899</dt>
<dd><a href="Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaea</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Argolis" title="Argolis">Argolis</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Attica_Prefecture" title="Attica Prefecture">Attica</a><sup>c</sup></dd>
<dd><a href="Boeotia" title="Boeotia">Boeotia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Corinthia" title="Corinthia">Corinthia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Elis_(regional_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elis (regional unit)">Elis</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Evrytania" title="Evrytania">Evrytania</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Karditsa_(regional_unit)" title="Karditsa (regional unit)">Karditsa</a></dd>
<dd>Lacedaemon</dd>
<dd>Lakoniki</dd>
<dd></dd>
<dd><a href="Phocis" title="Phocis">Phocis</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Phthiotis" title="Phthiotis">Phthiotis</a></dd>
<dd>Trifylia</dd></dl>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<dl><dt>1912</dt>
<dd><a href="Chania_(regional_unit)" title="Chania (regional unit)">Chania</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Heraklion_(regional_unit)" title="Heraklion (regional unit)">Heraklion</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Lasithi" title="Lasithi">Lasithi</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Rethymno_(regional_unit)" title="Rethymno (regional unit)">Rethymno</a></dd>
<dd>Sfakia</dd>
<dt>1914</dt>
<dd><a href="Thessaloniki_(regional_unit)" title="Thessaloniki (regional unit)">Thessaloniki</a></dd>
<dt>1915</dt>
<dd>Argyrokastron<sup>b</sup></dd>
<dd><a href="Chalkidiki" title="Chalkidiki">Chalkidiki</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Chios_(regional_unit)" title="Chios (regional unit)">Chios</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Drama_(regional_unit)" title="Drama (regional unit)">Drama</a><sup>d</sup></dd>
<dd><a href="Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Ioannina_(regional_unit)" title="Ioannina (regional unit)">Ioannina</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Kavala_Prefecture" title="Kavala Prefecture">Kavala</a><sup>d</sup></dd>
<dd>Korytsa<sup>b</sup></dd>
<dd><a href="Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Lesbos_Prefecture" title="Lesbos Prefecture">Lesbos</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Preveza_(regional_unit)" title="Preveza (regional unit)">Preveza</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Samos_Prefecture" title="Samos Prefecture">Samos</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Serres_(regional_unit)" title="Serres (regional unit)">Serres</a></dd>
<dt>1920</dt>
<dd>Adrianople<sup>a</sup></dd>
<dd><a href="Evros_(regional_unit)" title="Evros (regional unit)">Evros</a><sup>d</sup></dd>
<dd>Kallipolis<sup>a</sup></dd>
<dd>Rhaedestos<sup>a</sup></dd>
<dd><a href="Rhodope_(regional_unit)" title="Rhodope (regional unit)">Rhodope</a><sup>d</sup></dd>
<dd>Saranta Ekklisies<sup>a</sup></dd>
<dt>1930–1944</dt>
<dd><a href="Pella_(regional_unit)" title="Pella (regional unit)">Pella</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Kilkis_(regional_unit)" title="Kilkis (regional unit)">Kilkis</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Thesprotia" title="Thesprotia">Thesprotia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Kastoria_(regional_unit)" title="Kastoria (regional unit)">Kastoria</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Xanthi_(regional_unit)" title="Xanthi (regional unit)">Xanthi</a><sup>d</sup></dd>
<dt>1947</dt>
<dd><a href="Dodecanese" title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Imathia" title="Imathia">Imathia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Pieria_(regional_unit)" title="Pieria (regional unit)">Pieria</a></dd>
<dt>1964</dt>
<dd><a href="Grevena_(regional_unit)" title="Grevena (regional unit)">Grevena</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Piraeus_Prefecture" title="Piraeus Prefecture">Piraeus</a></dd></dl>
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<ul><li><sup>a</sup> In <a href="East_Thrace" title="East Thrace">Eastern Thrace</a> or <sup>b</sup> <a href="Northern_Epirus" title="Northern Epirus">Northern Epirus</a>, outside present-day Greece.</li>
<li><sup>c</sup> From 1971, Attica consisted of four prefecture-level units: <a href="Athens_Prefecture" title="Athens Prefecture">Athens</a>, <a href="East_Attica" title="East Attica">East Attica</a>, <a href="Piraeus_Prefecture" title="Piraeus Prefecture">Piraeus</a> and <a href="West_Attica" title="West Attica">West Attica</a>. From 1994, Athens and Piraeus were grouped into a single <a href="Super-prefectures_of_Greece" title="Super-prefectures of Greece">super-prefecture</a>.</li>
<li><sup>d</sup> From 1994, Drama / Kavala / Xanthi and Evros / Rhodope prefectures were grouped into super-prefectures.</li></ul>
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