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Greece
Greece is a country in Southern Europe with its capital in Athens.
- Capital
- Athens
- Region
- Southern Europe, Europe
- Population
- 10.4 million
- Languages
- Greek
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Area
- 131,990 km²
- Borders
- 🇦🇱 Albania 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇹🇷 Turkey
💡 Cradle of democracy and Olympics; over 6,000 islands, only 227 inhabited.
About the flag
Its nine blue and white stripes are popularly said to match the nine syllables of the motto Eleftheria i Thanatos, meaning Freedom or Death, from the war of independence.
How to spot it: Nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross in a blue square in the top left corner.
Often confused with: 🇺🇾 Uruguay 🇫🇮 Finland