Greece

Greece

sovereign state, country

Part of	European Union, European Economic Area, United Nations, Southern Europe
Year dem found am	25 March 1821
Name in native language	Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
Official name	Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, République hellénique, Republiken Grekland
Native label	Ελλάδα, Ελλάς, Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
Short name	el
IPA transcription	ˈɡrʲet͡sɨjə
Ethnic group	Greeks
Participant insyd	Macedonia naming dispute, Prespa agreement
Dem name after	Greeks
Official language	Greek, Demotic Greek, Modern Greek
Anthem	Hymn to Liberty
Culture	culture of Greece
Motto	Freedom or death
Motto text	Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος, Rhyddid neu farwolaeth, All Time Classic
Continent	Europe
Country	Greece
Capital	Athens
Located in time zone	UTC+02:00
Located in or next to body of water	Mediterranean Sea
Located in/on physical feature	Balkans, Southern Europe, Southeast Europe, Europe, Eastern Mediterranean
Coordinate location	38°30′0″N 23°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	35°55′22″N 29°43′45″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	41°44′56″N 26°10′22″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	34°41′49″N 24°5′45″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	39°41′31″N 20°0′30″E
Highest point	Mount Olympus
Lowest point	Calypso Deep
Government ein basic form	parliamentary republic
Office held by head of state	President of Greece
State ein head	Konstantinos Tasoulas
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Greece
Government ein head	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Executive body	Government of Greece
Legislative body	Hellenic Parliament
Highest judicial authority	Court of Cassation
Central bank	Bank of Greece
Currency	euro
Dey share bother plus	Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Turkey
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Schuko
Dey replace	Third Hellenic Republic
Right to vote	universal suffrage, voting age
Studied by	Hellenic studies
Dema official website	https://www.government.gov.gr
Hashtag	greece
Top-level Internet domain	.gr
Flag	flag of Greece
Coat of arms	Coat of arms of Greece
Geography of topic	geography of Greece
Get characteristic	free country
History of topic	history of Greece
Official religion	Greek Orthodoxy
‎most populous urban area	Athens
Railway traffic side	right
Open data portal	geodata.gov.gr
Bibliography	bibliography of Greece
Economy of topic	economy of Greece
Demographics of topic	demographics of Greece
Gregorian calendar start date	1 March 1923
Mobile country code	202
Country calling code	+30
Trunk prefix	no value
Emergency phone number	112, 100, 166, 199
GS1 country code	520, 521
Licence plate code	GR
Maritime identification digits	237, 239, 240, 241
Stack Exchange tag	https://travel.stackexchange.com/tags/greece
Unicode character	🇬🇷
Category for honorary citizens of entity	Q7981805
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Greece

Greece, officially de Hellenic Republic, be a country insyd Southeast Europe. E dey locate for de southern tip of de Balkan peninsula, Greece dey share land borders plus Albania to de northwest, North Macedonia den Bulgaria to de north, den Turkey to de east. De Aegean Sea dey lie to de east of de mainland, de Ionian Sea to de west, den de Sea of Crete den de Mediterranean Sea to de south. Greece get de longest coastline for de Mediterranean Basin, wey dey feature thousands of islands. De country dey comprise nine traditional geographic regions, wey e get a population of over 10 million. Athens be de nation ein capital den ein largest city, wey Thessaloniki den Patras dey follow.

Politics

Administrative divisions

Map	No.	Region	Capital	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi)	Population	GDP (bn)
	1	Attica	Athens	3,808	1,470	3,814,064	€84
	2	Central Greece	Lamia	15,549	6,004	508,254	€8
	3	Central Macedonia	Thessaloniki	18,811	7,263	1,795,669	€24
	4	Crete	Heraklion	8,259	3,189	624,408	€9
	5	East Macedonia and Thrace	Komotini	14,158	5,466	562,201	€7
	6	Epirus	Ioannina	9,203	3,553	319,991	€4
	7	Ionian Islands	Corfu	2,307	891	204,532	€3
	8	North Aegean	Mytilene	3,836	1,481	194,943	€2
	9	Peloponnese	Tripoli	15,490	5,981	539,535	€8
	10	South Aegean	Ermoupoli	5,286	2,041	327,820	€6
	11	Thessaly	Larissa	14,034	5,420	688,255	€9
	12	West Greece	Patras	11,350	4,382	648,220	€8
	13	West Macedonia	Kozani	9,451	3,649	254,595	€4
	(14)	Mount Athos	Karyes	390	151	1,746	—

Demographics

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Greece Hellenic Statistical Authority 2021 census
Rank	Name	Region	Pop.	Rank	Name	Region	Pop.
1	Athens	Attica	3,155,000	11	Serres	Central Macedonia	58,287
2	Thessaloniki	Central Macedonia	815,000	12	Alexandroupoli	Eastern Macedonia and Thrace	57,812
3	Patras	Western Greece	177,071	13	Xanthi	Eastern Macedonia and Thrace	56,122
4	Piraeus	Attica	168,151	14	Katerini	Central Macedonia	55,997
5	Heraklion	Crete	163,688	15	Kalamata	Peloponnese	54,100
6	Larissa	Thessaly	148,562	16	Kavala	Eastern Macedonia and Thrace	54,027
7	Volos	Thessaly	85,803	17	Chania	Crete	53,910
8	Ioannina	Epirus	65,574	18	Lamia	Central Greece	52,006
9	Trikala	Thessaly	61,653	19	Komotini	Eastern Macedonia and Thrace	50,990
10	Chalcis	Central Greece	59,125	20	Rhodes	South Aegean	49,541

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Read further

• "Minorities in Greece – Historical Issues and New Perspectives". History and Culture of South Eastern Europe. An Annual Journal. München (Slavica) 2003.
• The Constitution of Greece (PDF). Translated by Paparrigopoulos, Xenophon; Vassilouni, Stavroula. Athens: Hellenic Parliament. 2008. ISBN 978-960-560-073-0. Retrieved 21 March 2011.

External links

• Geographic data related to Greece at OpenStreetMap