Greece
Greece is in Southern Europe, with its capital at Athens and an area of about 131,990 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Hellenic Republic
- Capital
- Athens
- Region
- Europe · Southern Europe
- Area
- 131,990 km²
- Languages
- Greek
- Currencies
- Euro (EUR)
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary republic
- Natural resources
- lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt, hydropower potential
- Industries
- tourism, food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products; mining, petroleum
- Main exports
- refined petroleum, packaged medicine, aluminum, olive oil, tobacco
First-level divisions (14)
- Attica
- Central Greece
- Centre Macedonia
- Crete
- East Macedonia and Thrace
- Epirus
- Ionian Islands
- Mount Athos
- North Aegean
- Peloponnese
- South Aegean
- Thessalia
- West Greece
- West Macedonia
Major cities
- Athens (population 3,242,000)
- Thessaloniki (population 828,000)
- Piraeus (population 466,065)
- Patras (population 163,360)
- Heraklion (population 137,154)
- Larissa (population 128,758)
- Volos (population 110,632)
- Ioannina (population 86,304)
- Chania (population 78,728)
- Agrinio (population 75,233)
- Chalkida (population 71,842)
- Kalamata (population 71,823)
- Kavala (population 59,240)
- Rhodes (population 56,969)
- Serres (population 55,886)