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General information

Official name
Hellenic Republic

Geographic Location
Southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula in South East Europe

Capital and largest city
Athens ( 3.3 million )

Area
131 940 sq km

Population
10.7 Million

Time Zone
GMT + 2

Curency
Euro

Official language
Greek

Neighbouring countries
Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey

Highest point
Mount Olympus (2,918 meters)

Lowest point
Mediterranean Sea (0 meters)

Longest rivers
Evros and Axios

Landing place
Athens, Thessaloniky, Rhodes, Corfu

Electricity
220 volts, 50 Hz

Ethnic groups
Greek 98%, other 2%

Religion
The Greek population is composed of a 97% of Christian Orthodox. The rest of the population is Muslim, Roman Catholic and Jewish.