Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic (Ellīnikî Dīmokratía), is a country in Southeast Europe. Athens is the nation’s capital and largest city, its metropolitan area also including the municipality of Piraeus. According to the 2011 census, Greece’s population is slightly less than 11 million. Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa and has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast.
