Facts About Greece
Name of the country: Elliniki Dimokratia (Ellas, Ellada)
People: Ellines (Hellenes) Women: Ellenides Men: Ellines
Size: 131.940 sq. km (land 99%, sea 1%)
Coastline: 13676km
Population: just under 11000000 (46% men, 54% women)
Language: Greek (Ellinika)
Coordinates: 39 00N 22 00E
Borders to: Albania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Bulgaria, Turkey
Highest mountain: Mt Olympus, 2917 m
Capital: Athens
Natural resources: petroleum, marble, hydropower, magnesite,
lignite, bauxite (and gold)
Natural hazards: earthquakes
Currency: EURO €
Religion: 98% Greek Orthodox, 1,3 Muslim, 0,7 Other
Literacy: 95%
Population growth: 021%
Life expectancy: 81,16 (women), 78,44 (men)
Work branches: 8,3 % agriculture, 27,3 % industry, 64,4 %
services
Unemployment: 8,9% (2006)
Industries: agriculture: food, wine, tobacco, dairy products,
olives, tomatoes, potatoes, meat, corn, wheat, barley, sugar
beets Tourism, textiles, Chemicals, Metal, Mining, petroleum.
Government: parliamentary republic, until 1974 monarchy
Administrative divisions:51 prefectures (nomoi, singular -
nomos)and 1 autonomous region*; Ayion Oros* (Mt. Athos), Aitolia
kai Akarnania, Achaia, Argolis, Arkadia, Arta, Attici,
Dodekanisos, Drama, Evritania, Evros, Evvoia,
Florina, Fokis, Fthiotida, Grevena, Ilia, Imathia, Ioannina,
Irakleion, Karditsa, Kastoria, Kavala, Cephalonia, Kerkyra
(Corfu), Halcidiki, Chania, Chios, Cyclades, Kilkis, Korinth,
Kozani, Lakonia, Larissa, Lasithi, Lesvos,
Lefcas, Magnisia, Messinia, Pella, Pieria, Preveza, Rethymnon,
Rodhopi, Samos, Serrai, Thesprotia, Thessaloniki, Trikala,
Voiotia, Xanthi, Zakynthos
National Holiday: 25 March (1821 Day when the war of
independence broke out.)
Chief of State: Karolos Papoulias
Prime Minister: Konstantinos Karamanlis of the liberal party (NEA
DEMOKRATIA) since September-17-2007
Elections: every 4 years
Parliament: 300 seats, the MP's are voted by the people for four
years.
Last election (16 Septemper 2007): NEA DEMOKRATIA 41.83 % (152
seats), PASOK 38.10 % (102) , KKE 8.15% (22), SY.RI.ZA 5.04%
(14), LA.O.S 3.80% (10). source www.ypes.gr.
Budget:(2005-2006) Gross Domestic Product 226.4 billion $ Gross
National Product 218 billion $ world rank 29 Gross National
Income per capita 22,205 $ world rank 24,
National external debt: $301,9 billion $. Annual inflation 2.8%
Electricity: 91,24% hydro, 8,26% fossil fuel, 0,5% other
Ports and harbors: Alexandroupolis, Eleusis, Irakleion, Kavala,
Kerkyra (Corfu), Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patras, Pireus,
Thessaloniki, Volos
International organizations: Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CCC,
CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECE,
EIB, EU, FAO, G- 6, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA,
IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA,
NSG,
OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIBH, UNOMIG, UPU, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WToO, WTrO, ZC
Trade partners: Germany, Italy, UK, France, Netherlands, US.
National Service: Obligatory, usually around 1,5-2 years.
Military branches: Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic
Air Force, National Guard, Police.
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