Greece Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Greece with its capital Athens is located in Europe (Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea). It covers some 131,941 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Alabama) with 10,722,000 citizens. Greek, Modern (1453-), English and French are the official languages spoken in Greece (consider regional differences). Albania, Macedonia, Turkey and Bulgaria are bordering countries.

Greece is a country in Southern Europe, on the southernmost tip of the Balkan peninsula, with extensive coastlines and islands in the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas. Greece is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, ranking in the world's top 20 countries. According to the Greek Ministry of Tourism, the nation received about 17 million visitors from January to mid August 2007, a large number for a small country of 11 million. Visitors are drawn to the country's beaches and reliable sunny summer weather, its nightlife, historical sites and natural beauty.

Pictures from Capital (Athens)

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About Greece

The topography features mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands. The average density of population is about 81 per km². The climate in Greece can be described as temperate with mild, wet winters, hot, dry summers. Potential natural disasters are severe earthquakes.

To reach someone in Greece dial +30 prior to a number. There are 5,930,000 installed telephones. And there are 13,295,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gr". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 14 regions/states in Greece we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Greek population grew at a rate of 0.11% (or by 11,502 citizens). With 113,949 deaths and 100,404 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at -0.13%. 25,047 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Greece: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.