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Greece (IPA-en??ri?slangen-us-Greece.ogg; lang-el??????, Ell�da (Romanization of Greek), IPA-ele?la�aIPAEllada.ogg; lang-grc?????, Hell�s, IPA-elhel?�sIPA), also known as Hellas and officially the Hellenic Republic (???????? ??????????, Ell?nik?? D?mokrat�a, IPA-elelini?ci �imokra?tiaIPA), is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula (Balkans). The country has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the tenth longest coastline in the world at convert14880km0abbr=onlk=out in length, featuring a vast number of islands (List of islands of Greece) (approximately 1400, of which 227 are inhabited), including Crete, the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, and the Ionian Islands among others. Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains, of which Mount Olympus is the highest at convert2917m0abbr=onlk=out.
Modern Greece traces its roots to the civilization of ancient Greece, generally considered to be the cradle of Western civilization (Western culture). As such, it is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature and historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical (Greek mathematics) principles, and Western drama, including both tragedy and comedy. This legacy is partly reflected in the 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites (List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Europe#Greece .2817.29) that are located in Greece.
A developed country with a very high Human Development Index, Greece has been a member of what is now the European Union since 1981 and its Economic and Monetary Union (Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union) since 2001, NATO since 1952, and the European Space Agency since 2005. It is also a founding member of the United Nations, the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation). Athens is the capital (capital (political)). Other major cities include Thessaloniki, Piraeus, Patras, Heraklion and Larissa.
Native Name: ???????? ??????????,''Ell?nik?? D?mokrat�a''
Conventional Long Name: Hellenic Republic
Common Name: Greece
Image Flag: Flag of Greece.svg
Image Coat: Coat of arms of Greece.svg
Symbol Type: National emblem
Image Coat Caption: National emblem
Image Map: Location Greece EU Europe.png
Map Caption: map_caption location_color=green region=Europe region_color=grey subregion=the European Union subregion_color=light green legend=EU-Greece.svg
National Anthem: polytonic????? ??? ??? ??????????,''�mnos eis t?n Elefther�an'',Hymn to Libertysmallsup1
National Motto: Eleftheria i Thanatos, (Greek: "????????? ? ???????", ''"Freedom or Death"'') (traditional)
Official Languages: Greek (Modern Greek)
Demonym: Greek (Greeks)
Capital: Athens
Latd: 38 latm=00 latNS=N longd=23 longm=43 longEW=E
Largest City: Athens
Leader Title1: President (President of Greece)
Leader Name1: Karolos Papoulias
Leader Title2: Prime Minister (Prime Minister of Greece)
Leader Name2: George Papandreou (George Papandreou (junior))
Legislature: Parliament (Hellenic Parliament)
Established Event1: Independence (Greek War of Independence) from the Ottoman Empire
Established Date1: 25 March 1821
Established Event2: Recognized
Established Date2: 3 February 1830, in the London Protocol
Established Event3: Kingdom of Greece
Established Date3: 7 May 1832, in the Convention of London (London Conference of 1832)
Established Event4: Current constitution (Constitution of Greece)
Established Date4: 11 June 1975,,Third Hellenic Republic (Constitutional history of Greece#The Third Hellenic Republic)
Accessioneudate: 1 January 1981
Euseats: 24
Area Rank: 96th
Area Magnitude: 1 E11
Area Km2: 131,990
Area Sq Mi: 50,944
Percent Water: 0.8669
Population Estimate: 11,306,183
Population Estimate Rank: 74th
Population Census: 10,964,020
Population Density Km2: 85.3
Population Density Sq Mi: 221.0
Population Density Rank: 88th
Gdp Ppp: $333.533 billion
Gdp Ppp Per Capita: $29,881
Gdp Nominal: $330.780 billion
Gdp Nominal Per Capita: $29,635
Hdi: increase 0.942
Hdi Rank: 25th
Hdi Category: very high
Gini: 332
Gini Rank: 36th
Gini Category: low
Currency: Euro (? (Euro sign))3
Currency Code: EUR
Time Zone: EET (Eastern European Time)
Utc Offset: +2
Time Zone Dst: EEST
Utc Offset Dst: +3
Drives On: right
Cctld: .gr4
Calling Code: 30 (Telephone numbers in Greece)
Footnote1: Also the national anthem of Cyprus.
Footnote2: CIA World Factbook (The World Factbook).
Footnote3: Before 2001, the Greek drachma.
Footnote4: The .eu domain is also used, as in other European Union member states.