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<p>Attica , or the Attic Peninsula, is a <a href="/facts/Historical_region/v5j2ltV8">historical region</a> that encompasses the entire <a href="/facts/Athens_metropolitan_area/XHU6SJ57">Athens metropolitan area</a>, which consists of the city of <a href="/facts/Athens/mBxlp8X1">Athens</a>, the <a href="/facts/Capital_city/p06rGdJC">capital</a> of <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greece</a> and the core city of the metropolitan area, as well as its surrounding suburban cities and towns. It is a <a href="/facts/Peninsula/vnqBFUvp">peninsula</a> projecting into the <a href="/facts/Aegean_Sea/Vx4Gg5CT">Aegean Sea</a>, bordering on <a href="/facts/Boeotia/V8Prmucy">Boeotia</a> to the north and <a href="/facts/Megaris/7MQR2V32">Megaris</a> to the west. The southern tip of the peninsula, known as <a href="/facts/Laurion/P3S6P1pt">Lavrio</a>, was an important <a href="/facts/Mines_of_Laurion/CHGt89ng">mining region</a>. </p><p>The history of Attica is closely linked with that of Athens. In ancient times, Attica corresponded with the Athens city-state. It was the most prominent region in Ancient Greece, specifically during the <a href="/facts/Golden_Age_of_Athens/PENvLDuQ">Golden Age of Athens</a> in the <a href="/facts/Classical_Greece/WoUfexFx">classical period</a>. <a href="/facts/Classical_Athens/a3b6Hpbw">Ancient Attica</a> (the classical <a href="/facts/Classical_Athens/a3b6Hpbw">Athens city-state</a>) was divided into <a href="/facts/Deme/lntSsC41">demoi</a>, or municipalities, from the reform of <a href="/facts/Cleisthenes/mW0cgACj">Cleisthenes</a> in 508/7 BC, grouped into three zones: urban (<i>astu</i>) in the region of <a href="/facts/Ancient_Athens/Jl9gQw1k">Athens</a> main town, and <a href="/facts/Piraeus/VzkzdTHc">Piraeus</a> (the port), coastal (<i>paralia</i>) along the coastline, and inland (<i><a href="/facts/Mesogeia/IqDVlK37">mesogeia</a></i>) in the interior. </p><p>The modern <a href="/facts/Administrative_regions_of_Greece/2rm5ofKo">administrative region</a> of <a href="/facts/Attica_(region)/8SSbhBGu">Attica</a> is more extensive than the historical region, and includes Megaris as part of the regional unit of <a href="/facts/West_Attica/t17Txm6n">West Attica</a>, the <a href="/facts/Saronic_Islands/qAbYzKQu">Saronic Islands</a> and <a href="/facts/Cythera_(island)/Q78jtQN2">Cythera</a>, as well as the municipality of <a href="/facts/Troizinia/VQbwhPKU">Troizinia</a> on the <a href="/facts/Peloponnese/o56B4jsB">Peloponnesian</a> mainland. </p>