Argolis and Corinthia Prefecture

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Argolis and Corinthia Prefecture
Νομός Ἀργολίδος καὶ Κορινθίας
Former prefecture
Country Greece
Established 1833
Disestablished 1947
Capital Nafplio
Subdivisions
Area rank [[List of the prefectures of Greece by area|]]
 • Rank [[List of the prefectures of Greece by population|]]

Argolis and Corinthia Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Ἀργολίδος καὶ Κορινθίας), commonly known as Argolidocorinthia (Ἀργολιδοκορινθία), was one of the prefectures of Greece. Its capital was Nafplio. It was one of the first prefectures established, first in 1833–1836 and again from 1845 until 1899, when it was split into Argolis Prefecture and Corinthia Prefecture. The split was reversed in the 1909 administrative reform, and the prefecture existed until split again in 1947.

The northern half became Corinthia with its capital at the city of Corinth, the southern half became Argolis with its capital at Nafplio. The islands Hydra, Spetses, and Kythira in the south became part of the Piraeus Prefecture.