| Page Views: 7,498 Last Visit to Greece: - | HELLAS (GREECE) by Christianne - last update: May 28, 2005 |
Hellas, the land chosen by the gods!
We are a small country, in the southern part of Europe. However, we have many square miles of beaches, mountains, forests and caves.
Our most basic attraction is our history through the years.
We have a lot of famous Greeks that they are known worldwide as singers, actors, scientists, athlets, compositors and other.
We had a lot of heroes who with their strength and courage brought victory to our Country and made us to be proud of being Hellens (Greeks) . |
| Kefallonia (Ionian islands) |
|  | Location: Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea
Area: total: 131,940 sq km
land: 130,800 sq km
water: 1,140 sq km
Border countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 228 km
Lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m
Population: 10,623,835 (2001)
Religions : Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Country name: Hellenic Republic (Elliniki Dimokratia), Ellas or Ellada
Currency: Euro
Government type: parliamentary republic
National holidays : 28th October, 25th March
Capital: Athens (Athina)
President: Karolos Papoulias(president elected by Parliament for a five-year term)
Prime Minister: Kostas Karamanlis
Elections:
a) for President, every 5 years
b) for Government, every 4 years
Terrain: mountains, peninsulas and chains of islands |
| | A site that might be interesting for you is the following:
http:// www.culture.gr of our Ministery of Culture which includes information on the Archeological Sites of our Country.
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One more site that might be interesting for you, about the transportation to the cities and towns is the following:
http://www.ktel.org/en/index.asp. |
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Maurizioago Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:09 UTC
You've written several useful tips about Greece. Ciao! | gilabrand Sun Sep 5, 2004 06:57 UTC
Backgammon is very popular in Israel, too. We call it sheshbesh! | dvideira Tue May 18, 2004 07:27 UTC
I can't stop looking at Zakynthos beaches photo. I really don't know what is going to happen to me when I finallly succeed in going to Greece.... I might melt into the waters... Your pics are great. Thanks | nikaloo35 Fri Apr 2, 2004 18:24 UTC
Now I want to go to Greece so bad, |
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