1st High School of Kalampaka

School website: http://1gymkalamp.wordpress.com 

BASIC FACTS ABOUT GREECE

OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Greece (Elleniki Dhimokratia)
EU ADMISSION DATE: 1981
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: Southern Europe
NEIGHBOURS: Albania, FYROM, Bulgaria, Turkey (Aegean, Ionian and Mediterranean Seas)
AREA: 131.940 km2
POPULATION: ca. 11 million
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION: 13 regions and 1 autonomous area (Mount Athos)
CAPITAL: Athens
CHIEF CITIES: Thessaloniki, Pireus, Patras, Larisa, Heraklion, etc.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Greek
THE HIGHEST PEAK: Olympus (2.917 m)
LONGEST RIVERS: Aliakmon, Pinios
CURRENCY: euro
MAIN RELIGION: Greek Orthodoxy
FAMOUS PEOPLE: Archimedes, Diogenes, Arystoteles, Platon, Socrates, Pitagoras, Myron, Sofocles, Hipokrates, Spiridon Louis, El Greco, Alexander the Great, Vangelis, Costa Gavras, Pyrros Dimas, Nikos Anastopoulos, Angelos Charisteas, Nikos Galis, Arystoteles Onassis, etc.