Located in Southern Europe, Greece forms an irregularly shaped peninsula in the Mediterranean with two additional large peninsulas projecting from it: Chalcidice and the Peloponnese. The Greek islands are usually subdivided into two groups, based on location: the Ionian Islands (including Corfu, Cephalonia and Lefkada) to the west of the mainland and the Aegean Islands (including Euboea, Samos, Chios, Lesbos and Crete) to the east and south. North-central Greece, Epirus and western Macedonia are all mountainous. The main chain of the Pindus Mountains stretches from north-west Greece to the Peloponnese. Mount Olympus, rising to 2,909 m (9,570 ft), is the highest point in the country.
Currency : Euro
Official name : Elliniki Dimokratia
Languages : Greek 99% (official), English, French
Ethnicity : Greek 93%, other 7%; note: numbers represent citizenship, as Greece does not collect data on ethnicity
Religion : Greek Orthodox 98%, Islam 1.3%, other 0.7%
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