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الجمعة، 31 أغسطس 2012

About Tourism in Greece

Greece is a country located in south-eastern Europe, on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula. Bounded to the north of Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania, Turkey and waters of the Aegean Sea to the east, the waters of the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea in the west and south. Owns Greece cultural legacy founded, dating back to thousands of years back. Western historians today is that Greece is the cradle of Western civilization.Officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Alenieca Damukratia). Greeks called their country name Ελλάς Hellas, replaces this Aalasm in modern Greek language to "Ace". In everyday use the term "Ελλάδα Wireless Performance" a lot.
The area of ​​Greece about 130 thousand square kilometers, compared with Arab countries, Vmessahtha equivalent to that of Jordan and Palestine combined. Greek islands make up about a quarter of this area, where a total of about 9841 islands. Crete is the oldest, with an area of ​​8260 km. Greece is located in the southern part of the Balkans, separating the Corinth Canal the بيلوبونيسوس peninsula northern Greek territory land. The overall length of the Greek coast approximately 15,000 km and the total land border of 1,160 km. Approximately 80% of the country is a mountainous heights, making Greece more European countries rise. Western Greece contains several lakes. Main mountain chain called بيندوس, The highest peaks of 2,636 meters. This series is an extension of the dinar Alps, where descend south to eventually reach the island of Crete. In fact, the islands along this line was once a tops of this mountain range that has been covered with sea water medium.Olympia or even Olympus is the highest mountains of the country, with a high peak 2,925 meters above sea level. Located series Rudovh (Rhodope) mountain in the north of the country, is heavily wooded. Located in the eastern plains of Greece and also in the north. Also that about half of the country's area is covered by forests.Greece climate is divided into three types: Mediterranean climate, alpine climate (relative to the Alps) and a mild climate. The first climate characterized Bhrarth summer and moderate in winter. Enjoys Greece at constant temperatures and moderate overall. Falls of snow in winter on the mountains and even at Athens and on the island of Crete sometimes.
Along with the majority of the Greek population, there are several minorities, including:* Albanian* Alermonah: about 100,000 in central Greece* Bulgarian: about 30,000 in northeastern Greece* Slavic: mostly in the north of the country* Turkey: about 150,000, mostly in ThraceGreece because of the proximity of the continents of Africa and Asia, there are many foreign communities living in the country, is mostly immigrants. The most important of these communities: Albanians, Bosnians, Arabs (Syrians, Iraqis, Egyptians) and others. Exploits some non-legal immigrants Greece as a transit station to other European countries.Language now Almtdoualh in Greece is a modern Greek. The number Tdatha in the world, about 15 million people, mostly in Greece itself
Most of the residents whom are Orthodox Christian. Officially the Greek constitution guarantees freedom of religion and does not specify the official religion of the country, but indicates to Orthodox important center in the Greek society.Islam in GreeceIslam accounts for 1.3% of the population, mostly of Turkish origin or Bulgarian, and they are living in Thrace (northeast). In addition to about a million Arab workers living in Greece legally and illegally for economic reasons. Muslims claim that the Greek authorities Greeks being oppressed and neglected their civil rights.There is no mosque in the capital, Athens, and the government refuses to permit the establishment of mosques in the capital. Position may be emerging from the historical enmity with Turkey, but that the Greek position ignores the following:* The good relations that have long made Muslim Arab peoples towards the Greek minority in the Arab countries, and shelter more than 1.5 million Greek in Egypt during the first half of the twentieth century for economic reasons, and until the end of World War II. ,* Allow Arab governments to build dozens of Greek churches in Egypt and the Levant,* People's tolerance toward those Greek Alknaúa and most important monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai, Egypt.* Tolerance popular Palestinian and Jordanian government toward the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, despite scandals sold to Real Estate.There are other Christian minorities Protestant Kalcatoleikh.

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