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Greece
Location marker · geographic overview
39° N / 22° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Athens
- Population
- 10,405,134 2024
- Area
- 131,990 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Greek
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Greece
Greece (Greek: Ελλάς Ellás or Ελλάδα Elláda) is a country with a captivating history and culture that has influenced the world for thousands of years.
Food & everyday culture
moussaka, a rich oven-baked dish of eggplant, minced meat, tomato and white sauceRead the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-10. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Southern Europe
- Calling code
- +30
- Internet domain
- .gr
- Land border codes
- ALB, BGR, TUR, MKD
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .gr. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.