Greece

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Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
Ellinikí Dimokratía

Hellenic Republic
Flag of Greece National emblem of Greece
Flag National emblem
Motto: Template:Lang
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"Freedom or else Death"
Anthem: Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν (Ímnos is tin Eleftherían) Hymn to Freedom

Location of Greece


Capital Athens
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Largest city capital
Official language(s) Greek
Government Parliamentary republic
 - President Karolos Papoulias
 - Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis
 - President of Parliament Anna Benaki-Psarouda
Formation  
 - First known Greek civilizations1
c.3000 BCE 
 - Last previously independent state²
1461 
 - Independence from
the Ottoman Empire

25 March 1821 
 - Recognized 1832, with the Treaty of Constantinople 
Accession to EU January 1 1981
Area  
 - Total 131,990 km² (96th)
  50,944 sq mi 
 - Water (%) 0.8669
Population  
 - 2007 est. 11,170,957 [1] (74th)
 - 2001 census 10,964,020 [2]
 - Density 84/km² (108th)
218/sq mi 
GDP (PPP) 2007 IMF estimate
 - Total $305.595 billion (36th)
 - Per capita $27,360 (27th)
HDI (2004) Template:Increase 0.921 (24th) – high
Currency Euro (€)³ (EUR)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Internet TLD .gr5
Calling code +30


Greece (Template:Lang-el [e̞ˈlaða] or Ελλάς [e̞ˈlas]), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία [e̞ˌliniˈci ðimo̞kraˈtiˌa]),[1] is a country situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and by Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the eastern Mediterranean basin feature a vast number of islands.