Greece
Information about Greece
“Hellas” redirects here. For other uses, see Hellas (disambiguation).
| Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía Hellenic Republic | ||||||
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| Motto Ελευθερία ή θάνατος Eleftheria i thanatos (transliteration) "Freedom or Death" | ||||||
| Anthem Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν (Ímnos is tin Eleftherían) Hymn to Freedom | ||||||
| Capital (and largest city) | Athens | |||||
| Official languages | Greek | |||||
| Demonym | Greek | |||||
| Government | Parliamentary republic | |||||
| - | President | Karolos Papoulias | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis | ||||
| - | President of Parliament | Dimitrios Sioufas | ||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | First known Greek civilizations1 | c.3000 BC | ||||
| - | Last previously independent state² | 1461 | ||||
| - | Independence from the Ottoman Empire | 25 March 1821 | ||||
| - | Recognized | 30 November 1829, at the London Conference | ||||
| Accession to the European Union | January 1 1981 | |||||
| - | Water (%) | 0.8669 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2007 estimate | 11,170,957 [2] (74th) | ||||
| - | 2001 census | 10,964,020 [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) | ||||||
| Currency | Euro (€)³ (EUR) | |||||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .gr5 | |||||
| Calling code | +30 | |||||
| 1 | Minoan and Cycladic civilizations. | |||||
| Hellenic Army Image:Haf.PNG | ||||||
Hellas or Ellas can refer to:
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- Greece, as an endonym (the phonetic pronunciation of the word used by natives), a country in southeastern Europe.
- Hellas Planitia, a vast impact crater on Mars.
- AK Hellas, a Greek truck manufacturer.
- Hellas Verona F.C.
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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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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".
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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
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Writing system: Greek alphabet
Official status
Official language of: Greece
Cyprus
European Union
recognised as minority language in parts of:
European Union
Italy
Turkey
Regulated by:
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Writing system: Greek alphabet
Official status
Official language of: Greece
Cyprus
European Union
recognised as minority language in parts of:
European Union
Italy
Turkey
Regulated by:
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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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Regions with significant populations
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Regions with significant populations
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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
List of forms of government
- Anarchism
- Aristocracy
- Authoritarianism
- Autocracy
- Communist state
- Democracy
- Direct democracy
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Greece
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Politics of Greece
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Greece
This article is part of the series:
Politics of Greece
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This article is part of the series:
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Prime Minister has become the formal designation of the office at least since 1843.
Legal status
military-led government caretaker government rival government
(not internationally recognized or not controlling Athens)
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Legend
Legal status
military-led government caretaker government rival government
(not internationally recognized or not controlling Athens)
Party affiliation
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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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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.
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