GREECE GREECE REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE 1829 FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JUNE 11 1975 POPULATION 10707135 1999 EST AREA 50949 SQ MI CAPITAL ATHENS FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES BAUXITE MANGANESE COAL MARBLE OIL MAIN INDUSTRIES TOURISM TEXTILES CHEMICALS FOOD PROCESSING TOBACCO METAL PRODUCTION MINING PETROLEUM PROCESSING AGRICULTURE WHEAT CORN BARLEY SUGARCANE BEETS TOMATOES OLIVES GRAPES CURRENCY DRACHMA GDP 143 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 13400 1998 EST LANGUAGES GREEK OFFICIAL ENGLISH FRENCH RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY GREEK ORTHODOXY ISLAM LITERACY RATE 95 LIFE EXPECTANCY 76 YEARS MALE 81 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 9 PER 1000 POPULATION
