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Official name of the country
Greek Republic (Helleniki Democrateia)

Government - parliamentary republic, headed by the President
Population - around 11,5 million people
Area - 131 957 sq.km.
Thessaloniki Official language - Greek
Religion - Eastern Orthodoxy
(around 98 % of the population is Christian Orthodox)
Currency - euro (€)
Climate - Mediterranean with hot summers and mild winters
Larissa Terrain in Greece - mostly mountainous
The highest mountain - Olympus (2917 m)
Volos Capital - Athens (around 5 million people)
Large cities - Thessaloniki, Patras, Volos, Heraklion, Larissa,
and others

The country is located in the South of Europe, in the southern
Patras part of the Balkan peninsula. In the mainland it borders with
ATHENS Albania (in North-West), Bulgaria and Macedonia, ex-republic
of Yugoslavia (in the North) and with Turkey (North-East).

In the East it is washed by the Aegean, Icarian and Sea of
Thraki, on the West – by the Ionian Sea, in the South – by the
Cretan and Mediterranean seas. The Southern shore of Crete is
washed by the Libyan sea.
Greece is comprised of more than 2,500 islands. The majority of
the islands are uninhabited. The shoreline of Greece amounts
to 13.676 km.

Heraklion

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