Overview Of Greece For Travelers

F rom the Olympics to My Fat       The official name of Greece is     Greek Wedding, Greece has       the Hellenic Republic. Greece      always been a cultural          covers an area of roughly 51,000   centerpiece in the history of         square miles. Athens is both the   man. Summing up its contribution      capital and largest population     requires a small library, but         center with roughly 3.5 million    here is an overview.                  inhabitants. Thessaloniki is the                                         second largest population area     Overview of Greece for Travelers      with just over one million                                               people. The terrain of Greece      Greece was home to some of the        ranges from mountains in the       earliest advanced civilizations.      north to flat plains in the south  From the Minoans of the second BC     and beautiful islands off the      millennium to Mycenaeans who          coast. Winters are mild while      established the basis of the          summers are hot and dry making     current language, the country has     Greece a huge tourist              produced cultural, philosophical,     destination.                       political and sport advancements                                         unrivaled by others.                  The people of Greece are known as                                        Greeks. They total more than       The modern Greek state obtained       10.96 million. Population growth   independence from the Ottoman         exists, but it is just above .2    Empire in 1830. It has carried on     percent annually. Greek is the     what seems like a constant            official language. From a          conflict with Turkey and was also     religious perspective, 99 percent  involved in both World Wars. In       of Greeks claim Greek Orthodox as  1981, Greece joined the European      their religion. Literacy rate is   Community that eventually evolved     95 percent and all levels of       into the European Union.              education are absolutely free.                                           Life expectancy is 76 for males    and 81 for women.                     in the trek of mankind through                                           history. Whether you are going to  Greece is a relatively small          see the culture or loaf on the     country, but has accounted for a      islands, Greece is a top travel    remarkable number of developments     destination for a good reason.     About the Author: Richard Monk is with http://www.factsmonk.com - a site with facts about everything. Visit http://www.factsmonk.com/country_facts to read more about Country Facts. Source: www.isnare.com