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Hellenic Republic Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía  (Greek)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: «Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος» (traditional) "Freedom or Death"
Anthem: « Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν» "Hymn to Liberty"
Location of  Greece  (dark green) – in Europe  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  –  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Athens 37°58′N 23°43′E / 37.967°N 23.717°E / 37.967; 23.717
Official language and national language	Greek
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy
Demonym	Greek
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
• President	Prokopis Pavlopoulos
• Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
• Speaker of the Parliament	Nikos Voutsis
Legislature	Hellenic Parliament
Formation of the Republic
• Independence declared from the Ottoman Empire	25 March 1821 (traditional starting date of the Greek War of Independence), 15 January 1822 (official declaration in the First National Assembly at Epidaurus)
•Â	3 February 1830
• Current constitution	11 June 1975
Area
• Total	131,957 km2 (50,949 sq mi) (97th)
• Water (%)	0.8669
Population
• 2015 estimate	10,955,000
• 2011 census	10,816,286 (80th)