Hellenic Republic |
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Motto: «Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος» (traditional)
"Freedom or Death" |
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Location of Greece (dark green)
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Capital and largest city |
Athens 37°58′N 23°43′E / 37.967°N 23.717°E |
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Official language and national language |
Greek | ||||
Religion | Greek Orthodoxy (prevailing faith) | ||||
Demonym | |||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |
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Prokopis Pavlopoulos | |||||
Alexis Tsipras | |||||
Nikos Voutsis | |||||
Legislature | Hellenic Parliament | ||||
Formation of modern Greece | |||||
• Independence declared from the Ottoman Empire
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25 March 1821 (traditional starting date of the Greek War of Independence), 15 January 1822 (official declaration in the First National Assembly at Epidaurus) | ||||
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3 February 1830 | ||||
11 June 1975 | |||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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131,957 km2 (50,949 sq mi) (97th) | ||||
• Water (%)
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0.8669 | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2015 estimate
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10,955,000 | ||||
• 2011 census
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10,816,286 (80th) | ||||
• Density
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82/km2 (212.4/sq mi) (120th) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$289.398 billion (57th) | ||||
• Per capita
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$26,669 (47th) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$194.248 billion (52nd) | ||||
• Per capita
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$17,901 (38th) | ||||
Gini (2015) |
34.2 medium |
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HDI (2015) |
0.866 very high · 29th |
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Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) | ||||
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||||
• Summer (DST)
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EEST (UTC+3) | ||||
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) | ||||
Drives on the | right | ||||
Calling code | +30 | ||||
ISO 3166 code | GR | ||||
Internet TLD |
.gra .ελ |
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Greece (Greek: Ελλάδα, Elláda [eˈlaða]), officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellinikí Dimokratía [eliniˈci ðimokraˈti.a]), historically also known as Hellas (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, Hellás [heˈlas], modern pronunciation Ellás), is a country in southeastern Europe, with a population of approximately 11 million as of 2015. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.