Editing Syros (section)

==Administration==
[[File:Gallissas beach.jpg|thumb|Galissas beach]]

Syros is a separate [[regional units of Greece|regional unit]] of the [[South Aegean]] region. The only [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|municipality]] of the regional unit is Syros-Ermoupoli. As a part of the [[Kallikratis Programme|2011 Kallikratis government reform]], the regional unit Syros was created out of part of the former [[Cyclades Prefecture]]. At the same reform, the municipality Syros-Ermoupoli was created out of the 3 former municipalities:<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>

*[[Ermoupoli]]
*[[Ano Syros]]
*[[Poseidonia]]

The municipality also includes the uninhabited island [[Gyaros]] and several other islets. The total area of the municipality is {{convert|101.90|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}}</ref>

===Province===
The province of Syros ({{langx|el|Επαρχία Σύρου}}) was one of the [[provinces of Greece|provinces]] of the Cyclades Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current regional units Syros and [[Mykonos]].<ref name=census91>{{cite web|url= http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf |title=Detailed census results 1991 }}&nbsp;{{small|(39&nbsp;MB)}} {{in lang|el|fr}}</ref> It was abolished in 2006.