About Greece

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q Brief on Greece

q Governmental

q Greek Embassies/Consulates in the world

q Telephone-WEB Directories

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Brief on Greece

§ Geography, The people, History, Democracy, The Economy

§ GREECE IN NUMBERS

Area : 131.957 km2
Population : 10.940.000 (2001 census) men 49%, women 51% (1991)
Coastline : over 15.021 Km
Islands : 218 inhabited
Greeks abroad : about 5.5 Million (54.5% America)
Form of State : Presidential Democracy
Life expectancy : males 75, females 81
Births per woman : 1,3
Urban population : 60%
Main Cities : Athens 3,2 Mil, Thessaloniki 740.000
Religion : Christian Orthodox 98%
Official language : Greek
Standard time : +2 GMT in winter and +3 GMT in summer
Unemployment : 11,10%
GNP : 122.9 Billion USD (1998)
GNP Per Capita : 11.650 USD (1998)
GNP Per Capita rank : 31
GPD : 2% (1990-98)
GPD : 111,57 Billion USD
Inflation : 3,0% (March 2001)
Net foreign direct investment : 338 Million USD (1998)
Merchant fleet : the biggest in the world under Greek ownership (120 Million Tons DW, 16% of the global fleet)
Railways : 2.500 Km
Airports : 39 out of which 15 with custom facilities
Illiteracy : males 2%, females 5% (1997, above 15 years)

§ The National Anthem of Greece

Dionysios Solomos.  National poet Greek National Hymn (Anthem) Download: - fully orchestrated (mp3 - 765 kb) - synthesised (mid - 3,76 kb)

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Governmental

§ The Constitution of Greece
§ Government of Greece (in Greek,)
§ Government of Greece (in English)

§ Ministries in Greece

§ MPs of the Hellenic Parliament

§ Greek Mps of the European Parliament

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Greek Embassies/Consulates in the world

§ Greek Embassies/Consulates around the world

§ Greek Embassies/Consulates in the Internet

- Embassy of Greece in Brazil
- Embassy of Greece in Finland
- Embassy of Greece in Poland
- Embassy of Greece in the USA
- Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles
- Consulate General of Greece in Montreal

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Telephone-WEB Directories

§ Greek telephone directory & yellow pages

§ The database for Hellenic WEB resources