Peloponnese

Peloponnese
Πελοπόννησος
Peloponnese (blue) within Greece
Peloponnese (blue) within Greece
Country Greece
Administrative regions
CapitalTripoli
Largest cityPatra
Area
 • Total21,549.6 km2 (8,320.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,155,019
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
DemonymPeloponnesian
ISO 3166 codeGR-J

The Peloponnese (/ˌpɛləpəˈnz, -ˈns/ PEL-ə-pə-NEEZ, -⁠NEESS), Peloponnesus (/ˌpɛləpəˈnsəs/ PEL-ə-pə-NEE-səs; Greek: Πελοπόννησος, romanizedPelopónnēsos, IPA: [peloˈponisos]) or Morea (Medieval Greek: Μωρέας, romanizedMōrèas; Greek: Μωριάς, romanized: Mōriàs) is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge which separates the Gulf of Corinth from the Saronic Gulf. From the late Middle Ages until the 19th century, the peninsula was known as the Morea, a name still in colloquial use in its demotic form.

The peninsula is divided among three administrative regions: most belongs to the Peloponnese region, with smaller parts belonging to the West Greece and Attica regions.