Greece

1. Greece occupies the southernmost part of the Balkan Peninsula. It is an island and peninsular
country, bordering Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, Turkey to the east and Albania to the west
2. It has a favorable geographical position because it faces the Mediterranean, Ionian and Aegean
Seas. It covers an area of 131,957 km2 and has 10,950,000 inhabitants
3. The relief in Greece is mostly mountainous, and the most important are the mountains: Gramos,
Pindus, Parnassus, Tayget, and the highest mountain is Olympus, 2917 meters high. There are
lowlands in the north such as Thessalonica and Serska, and Thessaly in the south
4. The largest part of the territory of Greece has a Mediterranean climate
5. The most famous rivers that flow through Greece are Vardar, Struma, Maritsa, Mesta, Bistrica, etc.
6. The capital is Athens, and the largest number of the population is made up of Greeks (95%)
7. The economy relies on four branches: tourism, fishing, trade and agriculture