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Greece

Image 1: Map of Greece [1]

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1. Introduction [5]

With over sixty inhabited islands and a territory that stretches from the south Aegean Sea to the middle of the Balkan peninsula, Greece offers enough to fill months of travel. The historic sites span four millennia, encompassing both the legendary and the obscure, where a visit can still seem like a personal discovery. Beaches are parcelled out along a convoluted coastline equal to France's in length, and islands range from backwaters where the boat calls twice a week to resorts as cosmopolitan as any in the Mediterranean. Image 2: Flag [2]

2 Basic Infromation

2.1 General [4]

Original name: Elliniki Dhimokratia Name: Greece

Area: 131 940 km2 Capital: Athens

Population: 10 737 428Landuse: 19% agricultural, 41% pastures, 20% forests, 20 % other 

Relief: Olympus (2 917 m) – Mediterranean sea (0) Climate: subtropical

Geobioms: subtropical Official language: greek

2.2 Political status

Established: 1830 Goverment type: republic

Head of the state: Karolos Papoulias Prime minister: Yeoryios Papandreou

Integration: EU, NATO, OSN, CE, OBSE, OECD Time: GTM + 2

GDP: −6.8% HDI: 0.861

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Greece is split into 13 municipalities:

Attica Central Greece Central Macedonia Crete Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Epirus Ionian Islands North Aegean Islands Peloponnese South Aegean Islands Thessaly Western Greece Western Macedonia Image 3: Greece municipalities [3]

3. Map skills

Ionian sea, Mediterranean sea, Aegean sea, Sea of Crete

Athens -> capital city

The islands -> Crete, Ionian Islands, Zakynthos, Dodecanese Islands, Saronic Gulf Islands, Northeastern Aegean Islands

City-states -> Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Megara, Argos

Highest peak -> Mt.Olympus (2917 m)

4. Population and settlement[6]

Greece has received a large number of immigrants since the early 1990s. The 2001 census revealed that 797,091 foreigners lived permanently in the country and comprised 6.95% of the total population, while their number in 1990 was 142,367. The majority of them come from the neighbouring countries. As of 2006, the number of foreigners in an estimated total of 11,148,533 people was 695,979 or 6.24%.

There is currently 98% of greek people living in Greece but we can also find few minorities such as macedonians, turkish people and albanians.

Language: Greek 99%, English, French

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Religion: Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%

5. Economy[7]

Greece's main industries are tourism, shipping, industrial products, food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products, mining and petroleum. Greece's GDP growth has also, as an average, since the early 1990s been higher than the EU average. However, the Greek economy also faces significant problems, including rapidly rising unemployment levels, an inefficient public sectorbureaucracy, tax evasion, corruption and low global competitiveness.

Agriculture and fishery[8]

In 2010, Greece was the European Union's largest producer of cotton (183.8 thousand tons) and ranked second in the production of rice (229.5 thousand tons) and olives (147.5 thousand tons), third in the production of figs (11 thousand tons) tomatoes (1.4 million tons) and water melons (578.4 thousand tons) and fourth in the production of tobacco (22 thousand tons).

Greece is also know for its shipyards such as Skaramangas, Elefsina, Syros and Avlida.

6. Tourism

Many tourists go to Greece to see the lovely seaside but you can also have a look at the archeological sites such as Delphi, Knossos, the rock of the Acropolis, Parthenon, temple of Athena Nike, Olympia (site of ancient olympic games), Museum of the Olympic Games, Stadium.

Most visited islands: Crete, Zakynthos, Santorini, Rhodos, Lefkoda.

7. Key studies

National debt € 342,713,427,984

Per citizen € 30,342

8. Pictures

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Image 4: Pantheon [11] Image 5: Olympia[12]

Image 6: Zakynthos[13] Image 7: Santorini, Oia[9]

Image 8: Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus[10]

9. Videoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbMbBeP-LoI&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxriSsDBw_U&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeJhC-9LMeA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX-3FAFWhE8&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bii-0Erduk&feature=related

10. Tasks

What is the main economical problém of Greece?

What colour is the flag?

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What are the main turists attractions?

Which seas surround Greece?

Sources[1] http://en.18dao.net/images/f/f5/Map-Greece.jpg

[2] http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/european-union/greece/flag.htm

[3] http://www.ohfs.org/images/Repertoire/repGreeceMap.gif

[4] http://www.zemepis.com/Recko.php

[5] http://www.roughguides.com/travel/europe/greece.aspx

[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Greece

[7] http://andrewmichaelteo.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/

[8] http://www.srilankaholidayhotels.com/wiki-Economy_of_Greece

[9] http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/greece/greece3.jpg

[10] http://www.athens.world-guides.com/monuments.html

[11] http://www.crystalinks.com/parthenon1.gif

[12] http://www.baccaraholidays.com/baccara_files/Archeologicalsites/olympia.jpg

[13] http://recko.ezajezdy.net/img/zakynthos-dovolena.jpg

http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcgreece.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece

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