What is Greece?

Information about Greece

Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía
Hellenic Republic
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FlagNational emblem
Motto
Ελευθερία ή θάνατος
Eleftheria i thanatos  (transliteration)
"Freedom or Death"
Anthem
Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν (Ímnos is tin Eleftherían) Hymn to Freedom
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Location of Greece
Capital
(and largest city)
Athens
3800′N, 2343′E]
Official languagesGreek
DemonymGreek
GovernmentParliamentary republic
 - PresidentKarolos Papoulias
 - Prime MinisterKostas Karamanlis
 - President of ParliamentDimitrios Sioufas
Formation
 - First known Greek civilizations1
c.3000 BC 
 - Last previously independent state²
1461 
 - Independence from
the Ottoman Empire

25 March 1821 
 - Recognized30 November 1829, at the London Conference 
Accession to
the
 European Union
January 1 1981
 - Water (%)0.8669
Population
 - 2007 estimate11,170,957 [2] (74th)
 - 2001 census10,964,020 [3] 
GDP (PPP)2007 IMF estimate
 - Total$391.395 billion (30th)
 - Per capita$35,167 (18th)
GDP (nominal)2007 IMF estimate
 - Total$356.258 billion (27th)
 - Per capita$32,010 (25th)
Gini? (2000)35.44 (low
HDI (2004) 0.921 (high) (24th)
CurrencyEuro ()³ (EUR)
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST)EEST (UTC+3)
Internet TLD.gr5
Calling code+30
1Minoan and Cycladic civilizations.
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A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization.
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Eleftheria i thanatos (Greek: Ελευθερία ή θάνατος, pron. [e̞.le̞f.θe̞.ˈri.
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Transliteration is the practice of transcribing a word or text written in one writing system into another writing system. It is also the system of rules for that practice.

Technically, from a linguistic point of view, it is a mapping from one system of writing into another.
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For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem".
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a country's government as the official
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The Hymn to Liberty (Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν Ímnos is tin Eleftherían
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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The Demographics of Greece refer to the demography of the population that inhabits the Greek peninsula, a region where the Greek language has been continuously spoken for over 3500 years. The 2001 census of Greece reported a population of 10,964,020 people.
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Location

Coordinates Coordinates:
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max): 70 - 338 m (0 - 0 ft)
Government
Country:
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An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. It is typically the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, though the law in many nations requires that government documents be produced in other
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Greek 
Writing system: Greek alphabet 
Official status
Official language of:  Greece
 Cyprus
 European Union
recognised as minority language in parts of:
 European Union
 Italy
 Turkey
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A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. In English, the name of a people's language is often the same as this word, e.g., the "French" (language or people).
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17,000,000
Regions with significant populations
 Greece [1]
 United States
 Cyprus
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.[1]
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parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modelled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler (to speak): a parlement
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republic, for all other uses see: republic (disambiguation)

List of forms of government
  • Anarchism
  • Aristocracy
  • Authoritarianism
  • Autocracy
  • Communist state
  • Democracy
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Greece

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Greece

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Prime Minister has become the formal designation of the office at least since 1843.

Legend


Legal status
military-led government caretaker government rival government
(not internationally recognized or not controlling Athens)
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Konstantínos Alexandrou Karamanlís (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής; (alt.
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Hellenic Parliament
Βουλή των Ελλήνω?


Type Unicameral

Speaker Dimitris Sioufas, New Democracy
since September 27 2007
Deputy Speaker

Members 300
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Dimitris Sioufas (Greek: Δημήτρης Σιούφας) (born August 15, 1944[1]) is a Greek lawyer and New Democracy politician.
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Circa (often abbreviated c., ca., ca or cca. and sometimes italicized to show it is Latin) literally means "about" or "around". It is widely used in genealogy and historical writing, when the dates of events are approximately known.
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Ottoman Empire or Ottoman Caliphate (1299 to 1922) (Old Ottoman Turkish: دولت عالیه عثمانیه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish:
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March 25 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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London Protocol is a name used to describe several different documents.

1829

On 22 March 1829, a conference of ambassadors of the three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) established the borders of Greece, which was to encompass all lands south of the line
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