Editing Santorini (section)

== Governance ==
The present municipality of Thera (officially: ''"Thira"'', {{langx|el|Δήμος Θήρας}}),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thira.gov.gr/EN# |title=Municipallity of Thira, official municipal government website |language=el, en |website=thira.gov.gr |access-date=13 January 2025 |archive-date=13 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250113124639/https://www.thira.gov.gr/EN |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thira.gov.gr/portal/page/portal/thira/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727171013/http://www.thira.gov.gr/portal/page/portal/thira/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 July 2012 |title=Municipality of Thira, English language version of the official municipal government website |access-date=17 April 2011}}</ref> which covers all settlements on the islands of Santorini and [[Therasia]], was formed at the 2011 local government reform, by the merger of the former [[Oia, Greece|Oia]] and Thera municipalities.<ref name=Kallikratis />

Oia is now called a {{lang|el|Κοινότητα}} (community), within the municipality of Thera, and it consists of the local subdivisions ({{langx|el|τοπικό διαμέρισμα}}) of Therasia and [[Oia, Greece|Oia]].

The municipality of Thera includes an additional 12 local subdivisions on Santorini island: Akrotiri, Emporio, Episkopis Gonia, Exo Gonia, [[Imerovigli]], Karterados, Megalohori, Mesaria, Pyrgos Kallistis, Thera (the seat of the municipality), Vothon, and Vourvoulos.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/D_diairesi.xls |title=Spreadsheet table of all administrative subdivisions in Greece, and their population as of the 18 March 2001 census. |format=Excel |publisher=Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Interior, Decentralization and E-government |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719044958/http://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/D_diairesi.xls |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Santorini ASTER.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Satellite image of [[Santorini caldera]]. The large island to the east is Thera, with Aspronisi and [[Therasia]] making up the rest of the caldera ring, clockwise. In the centre is the larger [[Nea Kameni]] and the smaller [[Palea Kameni]].]]

=== Towns and villages ===
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*[[Akrotiri, Santorini|Akrotiri]]
*[[Ammoudi, (Santorini)|Ammoudi]]
*[[Athinios (Santorini)|Athinios]]
*[[Emporio (Santorini)|Emporio]]
*[[Finikia (Santorini)|Finika]]
*[[Fira]]
*[[Firostefani (Santorini)|Firostefani]]
*[[Imerovigli]]
*[[Kamari]]
*[[Karterados (Santorini)|Karterados]]
*[[Messaria (Santorini)|Messaria]]
*[[Monolithos (Santorini)|Monolithos]]
*[[Oia, Greece|Oia]]
*[[Perissa, Santorini|Perissa]]
*[[Pyrgos Kallistis]]
*[[Vothonas (Santorini)|Vothonas]]
*[[Vourvoulos]]
{{div col end}}