Greece
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| Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía |
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Greece (Greek: Ελλάδα [eˈlaða] or Ελλάς [eˈlas]), officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία [eliniˈkʲi ðimokraˈtia]),[1] is a country in Southeastern Europe. Its capital city is Athens.
It borders Albania, the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea have a lot of islands.
Greece's history is one of the richest in the world. Greece is divided into 13 districts called peripheries, and these have 51 sections called prefectures. Some Greek prefectures are Achaea, Samos, Pella, and Xanthi.
Greece became a member of the European Union in 1981. Greece fought in both World War I and World War II. The languages spoken in Greece are; Greek 99% (the official language), English, and French.
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| Countries | Albania - Andorra - Armenia - Austria - Azerbaijan1 - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus2 - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Georgia1 - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Montenegro - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Republic of Macedonia - Romania - Russia1 - San Marino - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey1 - Ukraine - United Kingdom - Vatican City |
| Dependencies | Akrotiri and Dhekelia2 - Faroe Islands - Gibraltar - Guernsey - Jan Mayen - Jersey - Isle of Man - Svalbard |
| Unrecognised | Abkhazia |
| 1. Country partly in Asia. 2. Geographically in Asia, but often counted as part of Europe for cultural and historical reasons. | |
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| Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Ireland · Italy · Latvia · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · United Kingdom |  |
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| Members | Belgium · Bulgaria · Canada · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Italy · Latvia · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Turkey · United Kingdom · United States |
| Candidates | Albania · Croatia · Georgia · Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) · * |
[change] References
- ↑ World Factbook - Greece: Government. CIA. www.cia.gov (2007-03-15). Retrieved on 7 April 2007.
