Greece

Greece, officially de Hellenic Republic, be a country insyd Southeast Europe. E dey locate for de southern tip of de Balkan peninsula, Greece dey share land borders plus Albania to de northwest, North Macedonia den Bulgaria to de north, den Turkey to de east. De Aegean Sea dey lie to de east of de mainland, de Ionian Sea to de west, den de Sea of Crete den de Mediterranean Sea to de south. Greece get de longest coastline for de Mediterranean Basin, wey dey feature thousands of islands. De country dey comprise nine traditional geographic regions, wey e get a population of over 10 million. Athens be de nation ein capital den ein largest city, wey Thessaloniki den Patras dey follow.

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 Administrative divisions 
Map No. Region Capital Area(km2) Area(sq mi)Population GDP (bn)400px|center 1  Attica  Athens 3,8081,4703,814,064 €84 2  Central Greece Lamia 15,5496,004508,254 €8 3  Central Macedonia  Thessaloniki 18,8117,2631,795,669 €24 4  Crete  Heraklion 8,2593,189624,408 €9 5  East Macedonia and Thrace  Komotini 14,1585,466562,201 €7 6  Epirus  Ioannina 9,2033,553319,991 €4 7  Ionian Islands  Corfu 2,307891204,532 €3 8  North Aegean  Mytilene 3,8361,481194,943 €2 9  Peloponnese  Tripoli 15,4905,981539,535 €8 10  South Aegean  Ermoupoli 5,2862,041327,820 €6 11  Thessaly  Larissa 14,0345,420688,255 €9 12  West Greece  Patras 11,3504,382648,220 €8 13  West Macedonia  Kozani 9,4513,649254,595 €4 (14)  Mount Athos  Karyes 3901511,746  —
Demographics
Largest cities anaa towns insyd Greece

Hellenic Statistical Authority 2021 censusRankNameRegionPop.RankNameRegionPop.1AthensAttica3,155,00011SerresCentral Macedonia58,2872ThessalonikiCentral Macedonia815,00012AlexandroupoliEastern Macedonia and Thrace57,8123PatrasWestern Greece177,07113XanthiEastern Macedonia and Thrace56,1224PiraeusAttica168,15114KateriniCentral Macedonia55,9975HeraklionCrete163,68815KalamataPeloponnese54,1006LarissaThessaly148,56216KavalaEastern Macedonia and Thrace54,0277VolosThessaly85,80317ChaniaCrete53,9108IoanninaEpirus65,57418LamiaCentral Greece52,0069TrikalaThessaly61,65319KomotiniEastern Macedonia and Thrace50,99010ChalcisCentral Greece59,12520RhodesSouth Aegean49,541

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 Read further 
 "Minorities in Greece – Historical Issues and New Perspectives". History and Culture of South Eastern Europe. An Annual Journal. München (Slavica) 2003.

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