Greece

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Greece (GPS: 39 00 N, 22 00 E) is located in Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey. The country’s area measurements are total: 131,957 sq km; land: 130,647 sq km, water: 1,310 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Alabama. The total irrigated land is 15,550 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Greece: Strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits. A peninsular country is possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands.