Where is the Country of Greece?

Greece is officially the Hellenic Republic. It is located in the southeast of Europe, on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. The countries that surround it are Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. It also bordered by three bodies of water, the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Eastern Mediterranean. There are also several islands that are part of Greece, but not connected to the mainland.

Athens, Greece is 718 miles from Lebanon, and 1203 miles from Baghdad. Even though Greek history indicates that Alexander the Great conquered parts of Afghanistan, Afghanistan lies 2525 miles from Athens, Greece.

Athens, Greece is 1486 miles from London, England, 1303 miles from Paris, France, 646 miles from Rome, Italy, 567 miles from Nicosia, Cyprus, 5919 miles from Tokyo, Japan and 4741 miles from Beijing, China. At certain times in history, it was recorded that Cyprus was one of the Greek Island, but it is its own country and not connected to Greece.

Greece is 5989 miles from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 6907 miles from Los Angeles, California, 4934 miles from New York, City, 9528 miles from Sydney, Australia, and 3110 miles from New Delhi, India.

Greece has over 150 different little islands and not all of them are inhabited. They are set apart in groups called complexes. These complexes are Cyclades, Dodecanese, Northeast Aegean Islands, Arg-Saronic Islands, Sporades, and the Ionian Islands. Greece covers an area of 131,940 sq km, 130,800 sq km of it is land and 1,140 sq km is water.