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{{redirect|North Greece|the United States community|North Greece, New York}}
[[File:NUTS EL 2013.png|thumb|200px|First-level [[Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics|NUTS]] regions of Greece as of January 2015:<br>{{legend|#ffc8c8|EL3: [[Attica (region)|Attiki]]}}{{legend|#ffc8ff|EL4: [[Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti]]}}{{legend|#c8c8ff|EL5: '''Voreia Ellada'''}}{{legend|#c8ffc8|EL6: [[Kentriki Ellada]]}}]]
'''Northern Greece''' ({{
== Administrative term ==
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== Linguistics ==
In [[linguistics]], Northern Greece refers to the areas where the [[Varieties of Modern Greek|Northern Greek]] dialect is traditionally spoken, encompassing in addition to the previous regions [[Central Greece (geographic region)|Central Greece]] except for [[Attica (region)|Attica]], and the [[North Aegean]], except [[Chios]].<ref name="NorthernDialects">{{cite web | url = http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/modern_greek/studies/dialects/thema_b_2/index.html | title = Βόρειες διάλεκτοι |trans-title=Northern Dialects | language=el | publisher =Portal for the Greek Language | date=2008-06-20 | access-date=2011-04-11}}</ref>
== Maps ==
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! Geographic division || Administrative divisions || Population <br/> (2011) || Capital || Notes
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| [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]]<ref name="NUTS"/> || [[Western Macedonia|Western]], [[Central Macedonia|Central]] and [[Eastern Macedonia and Thrace|Eastern Macedonia]]|| 2,487,384 || [[Thessaloniki]] ([[Salonika]]) || It is the second largest geographical division in Greece by population, after [[Central Greece (geographic region)|Continental Greece]]. It is always included in Northern Greece.
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| [[Western Thrace|Thrace]]<ref name="NUTS"/> || [[Eastern Macedonia and Thrace|Thrace]] || 367,393 || [[Komotini]] || It is always included in Northern Greece, as the eastern portion of the region of [[Eastern Macedonia and Thrace]]. Modern [[Greek Orthodox]] Thracians speak a northern Greek dialect, while the Muslim minority inhabiting the region is divided between the Turkish-speaking [[Western Thrace Turks]] and the [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]-speaking [[Pomaks]].<ref name="NorthernDialects"/>
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