Greece | Hellene Republic | Ελληνική Δημοκρατία | Ellēnikḗ Dēmokratía (Hellenic)
Capital: Athens
Largest city: Constantinople (6,795,856)
Official language: Hellenic
Other languages: Albanian, Bulgarian, Aromanian, Armenian, Kurdish
Ethnic groups: 73.4% Greek/Hellene, 17.8% Albanian, 4.7% Kurd, 2.1% Armenian, 2.0% others
Religions: Orthodox Christianity (81.2%), Monophysite Christianity (6.1%), Catholic Christianity (1.5%), Others (1.7%), Non-religious (9.5%)
Demonym: Hellene
Government: Republic | Unitary parliamentary
President: Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Prime Minister: Antonis Samaras
Legislature: Parliament
Current constitution: June 18, 1975
Area: 708,486 sq km
Population (2014): 75,863,783
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Internet TLD: .gr
Demographics[]
Largest cities[]
Constantinople
(Κωνσταντινούπολις) |
4,657,019 | Bosporus |
Athens (Αθήνα) | 3,168,846 | Attica |
Smyrna (Σμύρνη) | 1,847,691 | Lydia |
Nicaea (Νίκαια) | 1,184,144 | Bithynia |
Thessalonica (Θεσσαλονίκη) | 1,012,297 | Macedonia |
Adana (Άδανα) | 736,564 | Cilicia |
Caesarea (Καισάρεια) | 619,421 | Cappadocia |
Iconion (Ἰκόνιον) | 613,032 | Lycaonia |
Dorylaeon (Δορύλαιον) | 599,796 | Phrygia |
Attalia (Αττάλεια) | 573,955 | Pamphylia |
Ancyra (Άγκυρα) | 545,083 | Galatia |
Chrysopolis (Χρυσόπολις) | 535,916 | Bosporus |
Dardanelles (Δαρδανέλλια) | 528,793 | Mysia |
Chalcedon (Χαλκηδών) | 521,005 | Bosporus |
Tarsus (Ταρσός) | 481,459 | Cilicia |
Piraeus (Πειραιάς) | 448,997 | Attica |
Maras (Μαράς) | 384,953 | Armenia |
Nicomedia (Νικομήδεια) | 382,226 | Bithynia |
Magnesia (Μαγνησία) | 358,736 | Lydia |
Cosmidion (Κοσμίδιον) | 356,512 | Bosporus |
Amisos (Αμισός) | 322,982 | Paphlagonia |
Sebastea (Σεβάστεια) | 312,587 | Cappadocia |
Sardes (Σάρδεις) | 309,052 | Lydia |
Panticapaeon (Παντικάπαιον) | 265,797 | Bosporus |
Agrilion (Αγρίλιον) | 244,748 | Bithynia |
Mesachorion (Μεσαχώριον) | 239,611 | Bosporus |
Nicosia (Λευκωσία) | 239,277 | Cyprus |
Amnicos (Αμνικός) | 220,364 | Bosporus |
Patras (Πάτρας) | 213,984 | Peloponnese |
Athyra (Άθυρα) | 201,077 | Bosporus |
Baris (Βάρις) | 198,385 | Pisidia |
Acritas (Ακρίτας) | 197,657 | Bosporus |
Praenetos (Πραινετός) | 192,444 | Bithynia |
Heraclion (Ηρακλείον) | 173,993 | Crete |
Palaeocastron (Παλαιόκαστρον) | 170,589 | Mysia |
Bathonea (Βαθονεία) | 167,064 | Bosporus |
Adrianople (Ἁδριανούπολις) | 165,979 | Thrace |
Larissa (Λάρισα) | 162,591 | Thessaly |
Bryas (Βρύας) | 151,049 | Bosporus |
Volos (Βόλος) | 144,449 | Thessaly |
Selymbria (Σηλυμβρία) | 137,861 | Bosporus |
Corinth (Κόρινθος) | 132,038 | Peloponnese |
Acharnes (Αχαρνές) | 106,943 | Attica |