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GREECE
Hellenic Republic
National name: Elliniki Dimokratia
Area: 50,942 sq mi (131,940 sq km)
Population (2001 est.): 10,623,835 (average annual rate of natural
increase: 0.0%); birth rate: 9.8/1000; infant mortality rate:
6.4/1000; density per sq mi: 209
Capital: Athens
Largest cities (1991 est.): Athens, 3,000,000; Thessaloníki, 720,000;
Piraeus, 170,000; Patras, 155,000
Monetary unit: Drachma
Language: Greek
Ethnicity/race: Greek 98%, other 2%; note: the Greek government states
there are no ethnic divisions in Greece
Religions: Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
The Greek Islands are generally subdivided into two groups, according
to location: the Ionian Islands (including Corfu, Cephalonia, and
Leucas) west of the mainland and the Aegean Islands (including Euboea,
Samos, Chios, Lesbos, and Crete) to the east and south.
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