Saturday 11 February 2023

MY COUNTRY : GREECE

 MY COUNTRY : GREECE

Greece is a country in south-eastern Europe. It shares land with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north and Turkey to the northeast.Greece has nine regions and a population of about 10 million people.Athens is the capital of the country and the largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras.

Athens

Thessaloniki

The official language of Greece is Greek, spoken by 99% of the population.The most common foreign languages learnt are English, German, French and Italian. Greece is a beautiful place to visit. It has lots of different geographical features. The highest mountain,Mount Olympus is 2,919 metres high. It is one of the highest mountains in Europe.

Mount Olympus

There are also a lot of natural lakes, like Lake Amvrakia in Central Greece, Kournas Lake in Crete and Lake Stymphalia in Peloponnese. There are also artificial lakes, like Kerkini Lake in Macedonia, Plastiras Lake in Thessaly and Zaros Lake in Crete. 

Zaros Lake

Kerkini Lake

Greece is a wonderful place to visit any time of the year!

by Iliana



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