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{{Infobox Greece place
| name                    = Phocis
| name_local              = <small>Περιφερειακή ενότητα</small><br>Φωκίδας
| type                    = regional unit
| image_skyline           = 2010 Dimi Fokidas numbered.svg
| caption_skyline         = Municipalities of Phocis
| image_map               = Nomos Fokidas.png
| map_caption             = Phocis within Greece
| coordinates             = {{coord|38|30|N|22|15|E|display=inline,title}}
| periph                  = [[Central Greece (administrative region)|Central Greece]]
| seat                    = [[Amfissa]]
| area                    = 2120
| elevation               = 
| population              = 36199
| population_as_of        = 2021
| demonym                 = 
| postal_code             = 33x xx
| area_code               = 226x0, 26340
| licence                 = ΑΜ
| website                 = {{URL|www.fokida.gr}}
}}
'''Phocis''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|oʊ|s|ɪ|s}}; {{langx|el|Φωκίδα}} {{IPA|el|foˈciða|}}; {{langx|grc|[[wikt:Φωκίς|Φωκίς]]}}) is one of the [[regional units of Greece]]. It is part of the administrative region of [[Central Greece (administrative region)|Central Greece]]. It stretches from the western mountainsides of [[Mount Parnassus|Parnassus]] on the east to the mountain range of [[Vardousia]] on the west, upon the [[Gulf of Corinth]]. It is named after the [[Phocis (ancient region)|ancient region of Phocis]], but the modern regional unit also includes parts of ancient [[Aetolia]], [[Locris]] and [[Doris (Greece)|Doris]].

==Geography==
Modern Phocis has an area of {{convert|2120|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|560|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} are forested, {{convert|36|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} are plains, and the remainder is mountainous.<ref name="fokida-history">{{cite web |url=http://www.fokida.gr/en/istoria.html |title=History |access-date=2007-05-03 |year=2001–2002 |work=Prefecture of Fokida |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070404091123/http://www.fokida.gr/en/istoria.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-04-04}}</ref> The massive ridge of [[Parnassus]] ({{convert|2,459|m|ft|abbr=on}}, which traverses the heart of the country, divides it into two distinct portions. The neighbouring prefectures are [[Aetolia-Acarnania]] to the west, [[Phthiotis]] to the north and [[Boeotia]] to the east. It also shares a tiny border with [[Evrytania]]. Much of the south and east are deforested and rocky and mountainous while the valley runs from [[Itea, Phocis|Itea]] up to [[Amfissa]]. Forests and green spaces are to the west, the central part and the north.

Its reservoir is the [[Mornos Dam]] on the [[Mornos]] river. It covers nearly 1&nbsp;km to 3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It was completed in the 1960s, and GR-48 was extended to pass through the dam.

The roads of Phocis are:
*[[Greek National Road 3]], NE
*[[Greek National Road 27]], Cen., N
*[[Greek National Road 48]], SW, Cen., SE
*[[European route E65|E65]], SW, S, SE

==Administration==
===Prefecture===
The [[prefectures of Greece|prefecture]] of Phocis was formed in 1947 from the previous [[Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture]]. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, a new regional unit Phocis was formed from the 1947 prefecture Phocis ({{langx|el|Νομός Φωκίδας}}) without a change of territory.

===Municipalities===
In 2011 the regional unit Phocis was subdivided into 2 municipalities according to the table below.<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>
{| class="wikitable"
! New municipality !! Old municipalities !! Seat 
|-
| rowspan=8|[[Delphi]] (''Delfoi'')<br>Map number 1|| [[Delphi]] || rowspan=8|Amfissa
|-
| [[Amfissa]] 
|-
| [[Desfina]] 
|-
| [[Galaxidi]] 
|-
| [[Gravia]] 
|-
| [[Itea, Phocis|Itea]] 
|-
| [[Kallieis]] 
|-
| [[Parnassos (municipality)|Parnassos]] 
|-
| rowspan=4|[[Dorida]]<br>Map number 2|| [[Efpalio]] || rowspan=4|Lidoriki
|-
| [[Lidoriki]] 
|-
| [[Tolofon]] 
|-
| [[Vardousia (municipality)|Vardousia]] 
|}

===Former provinces===
The pre-2011 municipalities had been organized into two provinces:
*Province of Dorida - Lidoriki
*Province of Parnassida - Amfissa
These were abolished. Provinces no longer hold any legal status in [[Greece]].

==Demographics==
Modern Phocis was inhabited by several [[Greeks|Greek]] tribes since antiquity, mainly by Phocians, [[Locrians]] and [[Dorians]], which were intermingled and formed the present-day Phocian population, with a unique linguistic and cultural heritage, frequently mentioned as Roumeliotes.

===Population statistics===
With a population of 40,343 (2001), it is one of Greece's least populous regional units, and has a [[population density]] of {{convert|19|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|persons&nbsp;|persons|}}.<ref name=census11>[http://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/BUCKET/General/resident_population_census2011.xls Detailed census results 2011] {{in lang|el}}</ref> In the summer months, the population nearly doubles due to the influx of tourists.<ref name="fokida-history"/>

Most of the villages are in the south, the southeast and the east, especially in the areas between Amfissa and Itea. The north and the west are the least populated.

===Notable people===
*[[Alexander of Phocis]]
*[[Giannis Skarimpas]] (September 28, 1893 in [[Agia Efthymia|Agia Efthymia Parnassidos]] – January 21, 1984)
*[[Nikolaos Makarezos]] (1919 – August 3, 2009)
*[[Eleni Karaindrou]]

===Sporting teams===
Here are the most popular sporting teams in the prefecture. All of the teams are under the [[Phocis Football Clubs Association]] in which it existed since 1985 after the separation and dissolution of the Phocis-Phtiotis Football Guild Union.

*[[Androutsos Gravia]] - Gravia
*[[Asteras Iteas]] - Itea
*[[Doxa Desfina]] - Desfina
*[[Isaia Desfina]] - Desfina
*[[Diagoras Polydrosos]] - Polydrosos
*[[Dorikos Nea Dorida]] - Nea Dorida
*[[Fokikos F.C.|Fokikos]] - Amfissa
*[[A.O. Malesina]] - Malesina

==History==
{{Main|Phocis (ancient region)}}

==See also==
*[[List of settlements in Phocis]]

==Attribution==
{{EB1911|wstitle = Phocis|volume=21}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Phocis}}
{{wikivoyage|Phocis}}
* {{cite web | url=http://fanaticus.org/dba/armies/I52h.html | website=Fanaticus website | title=Phokians, 668&ndash;450BC | year=2003| url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040307191721/http://fanaticus.org/dba/armies/I52h.html | archive-date=2004-03-07 }}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.grecian.net/GREECE/centralgreece/fokida/fokida.htm | title=Prefecture: Fokida| website=Greece | year=2002| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308000825/http://www.grecian.net/GREECE/centralgreece/fokida/fokida.htm| archive-date=2005-03-08}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.mythorama.com/_mythes/indexfr.php?id=398 | title=Mythologie grecque | website=Mythorama | year=2005 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050114032028/http://www.mythorama.com/_mythes/indexfr.php?id=398 | archive-date=2005-01-14 | language=fr}}

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