Greece
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| Hellenic Republic[1]
Ελληνική Δημοκρατία (Greek)
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| Motto: «Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος» (traditional) | ||||||
| Anthem: «Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν» "Hymn tae Liberty" |
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![Location o Greece(dark green)–on the European continent(green &dark grey)–in the European Union(green) — [Legend]](/web/20150911105702/https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Greece.svg) Location o Greece (dark green)
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| Caipital | Athens 37°58′N 23°43′E / 37.967°N 23.717°E |
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| Largest city | caipital | |||||
| Official language and national language |
Greek | |||||
| Demonym | Greek | |||||
| Government | Unitary pairlamentary constitutional republic |
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| - | Preses | Prokopis Pavlopoulos | ||||
| - | Prime Meenister | Alexis Tsipras | ||||
| Legislatur | Pairlament | |||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Unthirldom declared frae the Ottoman Empire | 25 Mairch 1821 (tradeetional stairtin date o the Greek War o Unthirldom), 15 Januar 1822 (offeecial declaration in the First Naitional Assembly at Epidaurus) | ||||
| - | Recognized | 3 February 1830 | ||||
| - | Current constitution | 11 Juin 1975 | ||||
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| - | Total | 131,957 km2[2] (97th) 50,949 sq mi |
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| - | Watter (%) | 0.8669 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2012 census | 10,816,286[3] (80t) | ||||
| - | Densitie | 82[4]/km2 (120t) 212/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $294.014 billion[5] (51st) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $26,773[5] (41st) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $238,023< billion[5] (44t) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $22,594[5] (37t) | ||||
| Gini (2012) | 34.3[6] middlin · high |
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| HDI (2013) |  0.853[7]very heich · 29th |
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| Currency | Euro (€)a (EUR) |
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| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||||
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Cawin code | +30 | |||||
| Internet TLD | .grb | |||||
| a. | Afore 2002, the Greek drachma. | |||||
| b. | The .eu domain is an aa uised, as in ither European Union member states. | |||||
Greece (Greek: Ελλάδα or Ελλάς), kent offeecially as the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία) is a kintra in sooth-eastren Europe. Its caipital is Athens. It haes a laund mairch wi Bulgarie, Albanie an the Republic o Macedonie tae the North, an wi Turkey tae the east. It is a member o the European Union.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Greece: Government". World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2007.
- ↑ "Country Comparison: Area". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ↑ "Announcement of the demographic and social characteristics of the revised Resident Population of Greece according to the 2011 Population – Housing Census." (PDF). Piraeus: Hellenic Statistical Authority. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ↑ "Announcement of the results of the 2011 Population Census for the Resident Population" (PDF). Piraeus: Hellenic Statistical Authority. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Greece". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ↑ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)". Eurostat Data Explorer. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "2014 Human Development Report Summary" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2014. pp. 21–25. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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