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Greece is a country in Southern Europe, politically considered part of
Western Europe. Athens is the capital and the largest city in the
country (its urban area also including Piraeus). The population of the
country is about 11 million.
Greece has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and
Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to
the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the
Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the 11th longest coastline in
the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring a vast number of
islands (approximately 1,400, of which 227 are inhabited), including
Crete, the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, and the Ionian Islands among
others. Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains, of which Mount
Olympus is the highest at 2,917 m (9,570 ft).