Municipality[edit]

Salamis Island belongs to the Islands regional unit of the Attica region. Since the 2011
local government reform the island is administered as one municipality. Before, the island
was divided into two municipalities, that became municipal units at the reform: [14]

Salamina

Ampelakia

In the municipal unit of Salamina, which has a land area of 80.992 square kilometres
(31.271 sq mi) and a 2011 census population of 31,776, the chief population centre is the
city of Salamina (also called Salamis, Salamis City or Koulouris, pop. 25,888 in 2011),
consisting of the districts Alonia, Agios Minas, Agios Dimitrios, Agios Nikolaos, Boskos,
Nea Salamina, Tsami and Vourkari.[citation needed] Its second-largest town is Ainteio (pop.
5,888). In the municipal unit of Ampelakia, which has a land area of 15.169 square
kilometres (5.857 sq mi) and a population of 7,507, the largest towns are Ampelakia (pop.
4,998) and Selinia (2,509).