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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Euro
Currency Symbol: EUR
Location: Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
Geographic Coordinates: 39 00 N, 22 00 E
Map References: Europe
Area: total: 131,957 sq km ; land: 130,647 sq km ; water: 1,310 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly smaller than Alabama
Terrain: mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m ; highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 1,110 km ; border countries: Albania 212 km, Bulgaria 472 km, Macedonia 234 km, Turkey 192 km
Coastline: 13,676 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Geography - Note: strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands