Official Name: Hellenic Republic
Capital: Athens
Area: 131,990 square kilometres (50,962 square miles)
Major cities (Population)
Athens 3,693,000 (1995)
Thessaloníki 377,951 (1991)
Piraeus 169,622 (1991)
Patras 155,180 (1991)
Iráklion 117,167 (1991)
Lárisa 113,426 (1991)
Population: 10,451,000 (1995 estimate)
Type of government: Presidential parliamentary government
Independence: 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
Constitution: 11 June 1975
Voting Rights: Universal and compulsory at age 18
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