Greece
Southern EuropeEurope
The birthplace of democracy and the Olympic Games, with thousands of islands. You will find Greece in Southern Europe. The capital is Athens. About 11 million people live in the country.
- Capital
- Athens
- People
- 11 million
- Size
- 130,000 km²
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Greece has about 6,000 islands, large and small. People live on some 200 of them.
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The first Olympic Games were held in Olympia in 776 BC.
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The word alphabet comes from the first two Greek letters: alpha and beta.
Compare with
Size
Greece130,000 km²
United Kingdom240,000 km²You could fit Greece into the United Kingdom about 1.8 times.
People
Greece11 millionUnited Kingdom67 millionAbout 6.2 times as many people live in the United Kingdom as in Greece.
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- Athens
- Thessaloniki
- Piraeus
- Patras
- Heraklion
- Larissa
- Volos
- Kalamariá
- Ioannina
- Chania
- Chalkida
- Kalamata
- Tríkala
- Kavala
- Rhodes
- Serres
- Katerini
- Alexandroupoli
- Xanthi
- Fylí
- Kifisiá
- Lamia
- Agrínio
- Komotini
- Dráma
- Véroia
- Corfu
- Lagkadás
- Kozáni
- Kardítsa
- Rethymno
- Thívai
- Kórinthos
- Ptolemaḯda
- Chalkidóna
- Mytilene
- Tripoli
- Voúla
- Giannitsá
- Chios
- Salamína
- Mégara
- Kilkís
- Pyrgos
- Árgos
- Artémida
- Árta
- Livadeiá
- Sparti
- Polygyros
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Neighbours
4 countries border Greece.
Albania
Bulgaria
North Macedonia
Turkey
Andorra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Italy
Kosovo
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
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