| Hellenic Republic Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
Elliniki Dimokratia |
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| Motto: Eleftheria i Thanatos, (Greek: "Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος", "Freedom or Death") (traditional) |
Anthem: "Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν"
Ýmnos is tin Eleftherían
"Hymn to Liberty"1
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Capital
(and largest city) | Athens
37°58′N23°43′E / 37.967°N 23.717°E / 37.967; 23.717 |
| Official language(s) | Greek |
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| Ethnic groups | 94% Greek,
4% Albanian,
2% others[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Demonym | Greek (Officially: Hellenic) |
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| Government | Unitaryparliamentary republic |
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| - | President | Karolos Papoulias |
| - | Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Legislature | Parliament |
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| Independencefrom the Ottoman Empire |
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| - | Declared | 1 January 1822, at the First National Assembly |
| - | Recognized | 3 February 1830, in the London Protocol |
| - | Current constitution | 11 June 1975,
Third Hellenic Republic |
| Area |
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| - | Total | 131,990 km2 (96th)
50,944 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 0.8669 |
| Population |
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| - | 2010 estimate | 11,305,118[6] (74th) |
| - | 2011 (preliminary data) census | 10,787,690[7] |
| - | Density | 85.3/km2 (88th)
221.0/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $294.339 billion[8] |
| - | Per capita | $26,293[8] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $303.065 billion[8] |
| - | Per capita | $27,073[8] |
| Gini (2005) | 33[9] |
| HDI (2011) |  0.861 (very high) (29th) |
| Currency | Euro (€)2 (EUR) |
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| Time zone | EET(UTC+2) |
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| - | Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Date formats | dd/mm/yyyy |
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| Drives on the | right |
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| ISO 3166 code | GR |
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| Internet TLD | .gr3 |
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| Calling code | 30 |
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| 1 | Also the national anthem of Cyprus. |
| 2 | Before 2002, the Greek drachma. |
| 3 | The .eu domain is also used, as in other European Union member states. |
![Location of Greece (dark green)– in Europe (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green) — [Legend]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Greece.svg)
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