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Greece is a country in Southern Europe. It is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. It is neighboured by Italy, in the west, Turkey in the east and the Balkan countries in the north.
Greek flag:
The Greek flag has 2 colours, blue which represents the sea (important in Greece), the colour blue is for protection and the colour white which represents the waves on the ocean shore, the colour white means purity.
The Greek flag has a blue cross at the top left corner of the flag; the flag represents the Greek Orthodox Church. It has 5 blue horizontal stripes and 4 white horizontal stripes. The top and bottom of the flag is always blue. The 9 stripes represent the number or syllables in the Greek phrase Eleutheria H Thanatos meaning Freedom or Death.
Area - 131,957 sq km / 50,935 sq mlCapital - Athens Language - Greek Currency - Euro - formerly Drachma Population - 10,665,989 Life expectancy - 74 (men), 79 (women) Religions - Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic Physical features - mountainous with a large number of islands including Crete, Corfu and Rhodes Imports - petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals and chemical products Exports - fruit and vegetables, clothing, mineral fuels and lubricants, textiles, iron and steel, aluminium and aluminium alloys |
