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  1. Date of Independence: 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: June 11, 1975
  3. Population: 10,707,135 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 50,949 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Athens
  6. Form of Government: parliamentary republic
  7. Natural Resources: bauxite, manganese, coal, marble, oil
  8. Main Industries: tourism, textiles, chemicals, food processing, tobacco, metal production, mining, petroleum processing
  9. Agriculture: wheat, corn, barley, sugarcane, beets, tomatoes, olives, grapes
  10. Currency: drachma
  11. GDP: $143 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $13,400 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Greek (official), English, French
  14. Religions: Christianity (Greek Orthodoxy), Islam
  15. Literacy Rate: 95%
  16. Life Expectancy:    76 years (male)
  17.                 81 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 10 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 9 per 1,000 population