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Facts about Greece
Capital:
Athens
Official language(s):
Greek
Government:
Republic
President:
Karolos Papoulias
Prime Minister / Chancellor:
Kostas Karamanlis
Area:
131,940.00 km
2
Population:
11,244,118.00 inhabitants
Population density:
81.00/km
2
Currency:
EUR
Time Zone:
UTC +2
Calling code:
+30
Internet TLD:
.gr
Largest cities:
Athens - 745,550.00 inhabitiants
Thessaloniki - 3640.00 inhabitiants
Piraeus - 172,429.00 inhabitiants
Emergency numbers:
Ambulance: 166
Mobile: 112
Police: 100
Fire: 199
Gas: