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Capital
nombre: Athens
coordenadas geográficas: 37 59 N, 23 44 E
diferencia de tiempo: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
etymology: according to tradition, the city is named after Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom; in actuality, the appellation probably derives from a lost name in a pre-Hellenic language
División administrativa
13 regions (perifereies, singular - perifereia) and 1 autonomous monastic state* (aftonomi monastiki politeia); Agion Oros* (Mount Athos), Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki (East Macedonia and Thrace), Attiki (Attica), Dytiki Ellada (West Greece), Dytiki Makedonia (West Macedonia), Ionia Nisia (Ionian Islands), Ipeiros (Epirus), Kentriki Makedonia (Central Macedonia), Kriti (Crete), Notio Aigaio (South Aegean), Peloponnisos (Peloponnese), Sterea Ellada (Central Greece), Thessalia (Thessaly), Voreio Aigaio (North Aegean)
Independencia
3 Febrero 1830 (from the Ottoman Empire); note - 25 Marzo 1821, outbreak of the national revolt against the Ottomans; 3 Febrero 1830, signing of the London Protocol recognizing Greek independence by Great Britain, France, and Russia
Feriado nacional
Día de la Independencia, 25 Marzo (1821)
Constitución
history: many previous; latest entered into force 11 Junio 1975
amendments: proposed by at least 50 members of Parliament and agreed by three-fifths majority vote in two separate ballots at least 30 days apart; passage requires absolute majority vote by the next elected Parliament; entry into force finalized through a "special parliamentary resolution"; articles on human rights and freedoms and the form of government cannot be modificada; modificada 1986, 2001, 2008 (2016)
Sufragio
17 años de edad; universal y obligatorio
Poder Executivo
jefe de estado: Presidente Prokopios (Prokopis) PAVLOPOULOS (desde 13 March 2015)
jefe de gobierno: Prime Minister Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS (desde 8 July 2019)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister
elections/appointments: president elected by Hellenic Parliament for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 18 February 2015 (next to be held by February 2020); president appoints as prime minister the leader of the majority party or coalition in the Hellenic Parliament
election results: Prokopios PAVLOPOULOS (ND) elected president by Parliament - 233 of 300 votes

Fuente: CIA World Factbook
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