TOPOGRAPHYĪbout four-fifths of Greece is mountainous, including most of the islands. The capital city of Greece, Athens, is located along the country's southern coast. It is bounded on the n by Macedonia and Bulgaria, on the ne by Turkey, on the e by the Aegean Sea, on the s by the Mediterranean Sea, on the sw and w by the Ionian Sea, and on the nw by Albania, with a total land boundary length of 1,228 km (763 mi) and a coastline of 13,676 km (8,498 mi). Continental Greece has a length of 940 km (584 mi) n –s and a width of 772 km (480 mi) e –w.
Comparatively, the area occupied by Greece is slightly smaller than the state of Alabama. Greece is the southernmost country in the Balkan Peninsula, with a total area of 131,940 sq km (50,942 sq mi) about a fifth of the area is composed of more than 1,400 islands in the Ionian and Aegean seas. Movable religious holidays include Shrove Monday, Good Friday, and Easter Monday. HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January Epiphany, 6 January Independence Day, 25 March Labor Day, 1 May Assumption, 15 August National Day (anniversary of successful resistance to Italian attack in 1940), 28 October Christmas, 25 December Boxing Day, 26 December. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system is the legal standard. There are coins in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents and 1 euro and 2 euros.
MONETARY UNIT: The euro replaced the drachma as official currency in 2002. FLAG: The national flag consists of nine equal horizontal stripes of royal blue alternating with white and a white cross on a royal-blue square canton.ĪNTHEM: Ethnikos Hymnos (National Hymn), beginning "Se gnorizo apo tin kopsi" ("I recognize you by the keenness of your sword").
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