Flag of Greece

The Greek flag is a flag with nine horizontal stripes, with a white cross on a blue square field in canton. The used colors in the flag are blue, white. The proportion of the Greek flag is 2:3. The Flag of Greece was adopted in 1978. The first use of the current flag design was in 1822. The last change to the current Greek flag design was in 1978.

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History

First flag usage:

1822

Adoption current flag:

1978

Last change flag:

1978

Flag proportion 2:3

Flag colors

Blue

White

Population

10 768 477

Surface

50 949 _{sq mi}

131 957 _km2

Population density

211 _{sq mi}

82 _km2

Country information

Country:

Greece

Continent:

Europe

Official languages:

Greek

Capital:

Athens

Government:

Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic

Border length:

1 228 km / 763 miles

Neighbouring countries:

Albania:

282 km

175 miles

Bulgaria:

494 km

307 miles

Turkey:

206 km

128 miles

Greece

The Greek flag is the flag of the country named Greece. Greece is located in continental Europe. Greece has 4 neighbouring countries. The total length of land borders of Greece is 763 mi/ 1 228 km. Greece border neighbours and border lengths are: Albania: 282 km, Bulgaria: 494 km, Turkey: 206 km, Macedonia: 246 km.

10 768 477 people are living in Greece, a country stretching over 50 949 sq mi/ 131 957 km² (0.99% water). The population density in Greece is of 211 per sq mi/ 82 people per km². The official language of Greece is Greek. The capital city of Greece is Athen. Greece is a Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic.

The currency in Greece is the Euro € (EUR). UTC (standard time) in Greece is UTC+02:00 and UTC+03:00 in summer. Greece has the unique two-letter country code, GR (also Internet top-level domain), its three-letter country code is GRC, and its three-digit country code is 300. The calling code for Greece is +30.