Key facts
Capital: Athens
Location: Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
Government: Hellenic Republic
Currency: euros (EUR)
Area: 131,957 sq km
Population: 10,569,703 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%
Religion: Greek Orthodox 81-90%, Muslim 2%, other 3%, none 4-15%, unspecified 1% (2015 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+2
Tel Code: +30
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