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Magnesia Prefecture Νομός Μαγνησίας | |
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Formerprefecture | |
 Location of Magnesia Prefecture in Greece | |
| Country | Greece |
| Periphery | Thessaly |
| Established | 1899 |
| Disestablished | 2011 |
| Capital | Volos |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,367 km2 (914 sq mi) |
| • Rank | List of the prefectures of Greece by area |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 193,439 |
| • Rank | List of the prefectures of Greece by population |
| • Density | 81.72/km2 (211.7/sq mi) |
Magnesia Prefecture (Greek:Νομός Μαγνησίας) was one of theprefectures of Greece. Its capital wasVolos. It was established in 1899 from theLarissa Prefecture. The prefecture was disbanded on 1 January 2011 by theKallikratis programme, and split into theregional units ofMagnesia and theSporades.
The toponym is ancient to the region. Ore that attracts iron is common in Magnesia, which is the origin of words such asmagnet andmagnetism[1] as well as the chemical elementsmagnesium, derived from the mineralmagnesia alba, andmanganese, derived from the mineralmagnesia nigra via Latin.
