# Greece

Greece

sovereign state, country| Inception | 25 Gani 1821  |
| Name in native language | Ελληνική Δημοκρατία  |
| Official name | Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, République hellénique, Republiken Grekland, Hellenic Republic, Hellas  |
| Native label | Ελλάδα, Ελλάς, Ελληνική Δημοκρατία  |
| Short name | el  |
| IPA transcription | ˈɡrʲet͡sɨjə  |
| Ethnic group | Greeks  |
| Participant in | Macedonia naming dispute, Prespa agreement  |
| Named after | Hellen  |
| Official language | Greek, Demotic Greek, Modern Greek  |
| Anthem | Hymn to Liberty  |
| Culture | culture of Greece  |
| Motto | Freedom or death  |
| Motto text | Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος, Rhyddid neu farwolaeth, All Time Classic  |
| Continent | Europe  |
| Country | Greece  |
| Capital | Athens  |
| Located in time zone | UTC+02:00  |
| Located in or next to body of water | Mediterranean Sea  |
| Located in/on physical feature | Balkans, Southern Europe, Southeastern Europe, Eastern Mediterranean  |
| Coordinate location | 38°30′0″N 23°0′0″E  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 35°55′22″N 29°43′45″E  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 41°44′56″N 26°10′22″E  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 34°41′49″N 24°5′45″E  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 39°41′31″N 20°0′30″E  |
| Highest point | Mount Olympus  |
| Lowest point | Calypso Deep  |
| Basic form of government | parliamentary republic  |
| Office held by head of state | President of Greece  |
| Head of state | Konstantinos Tasoulas  |
| Office held by head of government | Prime Minister of Greece  |
| Head of government | Kyriakos Mitsotakis  |
| Executive body | Government of Greece  |
| Legislative body | Hellenic Parliament  |
| Highest judicial authority | Court of Cassation  |
| Central bank | Bank of Greece  |
| Currency | euro  |
| Shares border with | Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Turkey  |
| Driving side | right  |
| Electrical plug type | Europlug, Schuko  |
| Replaces | Third Hellenic Republic  |
| Right to vote | universal suffrage, voting age  |
| Studied by | Hellenic studies  |
| Official website |   |
| Hashtag | greece  |
| Top-level Internet domain | .gr, .ελ  |
| Flag | flag of Greece  |
| Coat of arms | Coat of arms of Greece  |
| Geography of topic | Geography of Greece  |
| Has characteristic | free country  |
| History of topic | history of Greece  |
| Official religion | Greek Orthodoxy  |
| ‎most populous urban area | Athens  |
| Railway traffic side | right  |
| Open data portal | geodata.gov.gr  |
| Bibliography | bibliography of Greece  |
| Economy of topic | economy of Greece  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Greece  |
| Gregorian calendar start date | 1 Gani 1923  |
| Mobile country code | 202  |
| Telephone country code | +30  |
| Trunk prefix | no value  |
| Emergency phone number | 112, 100, 166, 199  |
| GS1 country code | 520, 521  |
| Licence plate code | GR  |
| Maritime identification digits | 237, 239, 240, 241  |
| Stack Exchange tag |   |
| Unicode character | 🇬🇷  |
| Category for honorary citizens of entity | Q7981805  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Greece  |

**Greece**, Hellen Republic, yi kin chi Southern Europe'o.
Chi southern tip nyan Balkan Peninsula'o, wun de gangani be Albania northwest'o,North Macedonia be Bulgaria north'o,ah be Turkey east'o. Aegean Sea east nyan Mainland'o,Ionian Sea chi west'o, ah be Crete toh Mediterranean Sea south'o.
Greece ga de coastline nan wancin gan Mediterranean basin bo nan, de Island kputsun toh nine traditional geographic regions sashi zhi. Wun de population 10 million eba Census nyan 2021. Athens ga yi ezhiti toh ezhiko nan wancin gan nan, zuman'u bo yi Thessaloniki toh Patras.

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