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Greece, Map of all Prefectures and Regions of GreeceGreece is located at the most southerly part of the Balkan peninsula and the south east of the Mediterranean sea. From the north Greece borders with Albania FYROM and Bulgaria. From the east it borders with the European part of Turkey. To the west of Greece is the Ionian Sea and to the east is the Aegean Sea. To the south is the Libyan Sea ,see more information about the Geography of Greece about the lakes, rivers and mountains of Greece ,details of the geomorphology of Greece you can find at the Physical map of Greece. The coast line of Greece is 13,676 km therefore having a the longer coastline in the Mediterranean. .Most of the Greek islands and islets situated in the Aegean sea, while a small number of islands are in the Ionian Sea. Surrounded by the Mediterranean sea in 3 parts Greece has as a
result a mild climate with dry summers and mild winters. Greece's strategic
position between 3 continents Europe, Asia and Africa had as a result since
the Antiquity to become an important cultural and commercial centre. This
strategic position was also the cause of many wars that Greece has to face
with many conquerors during its 3000 years of history, starting with the
Persian wars, the Romans and later the Venetians and the Ottomans Greece in general is not dense inhabited, with a total surface of 132 000 kmē, Greece has a population of about 11,000,000 inhabitants. The reason for that is that most of the Greek mainland is mountainous with a few plateaus in Thessaly, Macedonia and Thrace and a large part of the country consists of islands. Therefore most of the population of Greece is concentrated in the big urban centres with Athens and its greater area and Piraeus to have the one third of the Greek population followed by Thessaloniki , Patras, Heraklion and Larissa. Greece is relatively a young country that was created after the war of Independence in 1821. The independent state of Greece was established in 1832 with the Constantinople treaty. Greece at the time had the Peloponnesus, the Cyclades and Sporades islands and the part of Sterea Hellas from Arta to Volos. After almost 116 years finally Greece got its final shape and borders after the unification of the Dodecanese in 7th of March 1948 During the last 25 years Greece has been developed very fast in all kind of sectors, industry, finance, social services and quality of life. As a member of the European union Greece today with a GDP of 308,7 billion $, belongs to the 25 high income countries( OECD) and the top 25 most developed countries of the world, holding the position 22 of the best standards of living and quality of life. One of the main factors of the Greek economy is like in the Ancient years its maritime industry and tourism All the Regions of Greece are marked on the map with numbers, in the list you can find the region the prefectures and the maps of the area
Map of Greece regions1.
MAPS OF MAINLAND GREECE 2.
PELOPONNESE MAPS 3. CRETE MAP Chania map Rethymnon map Heraklion map Lasithi map 4. IONIAN ISLANDS MAPS Kefalonia map Corfu map Ithaca map Zakynthos map Lefkada map Paxi 5. SARONIC ISLAND MAPS Aegina map Hydra Poros Spetses 6. EVIA MAP 7. SPORADES ISLANDS Skiathos map Skopelos map Skyros map Alonissos map 8. EAST AEGEAN GREEK ISLANDS Chios map Ikaria Lesvos map Limnos map Samos map 9. CYCLADES : Amorgos map Anafi Andros Folegandros Ios map Kimolos Kythnos map Mykonos map Milos map Naxos Paros map Santorini map Serifos Sikinos Syros Tinos map 10. DODECANNESE MAP Astypalea Chalki Kalymnos Karpathos Kassos Kastelorizo Kos Leros Lipsi Nissyros Patmos map Rhodes map Symi map Tilos map FLIGHT AND TRAIN CONNECTIONS MAP
Road map of Northern Greece free downloads from www.gnto.gr
in zip format
SATELLITE MAP OF GREECE FROM GOOGLE MAPS `
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