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Modern Greece and Cyprus, and also what remains of treaty Greek minorities in Turkey; Places that have or had important Greek-speaking or ethnic Greek minorities or exile communities; Places of concern to Greek culture, religion or tradition, including: Greek mythology; Greek Jews, including Romaniotes and exiled Sephardim; Greco-Buddhism
Map of modern Mani. The Mani Peninsula (Greek: Μάνη, romanized: Mánē), also long known by its medieval name Maina or Maïna (Greek: Μαΐνη), is a geographical and cultural region in the Peloponnese of Southern Greece and home to the Maniots (Greek: Mανιάτες, romanized: Maniátes), who claim descent from the ancient Spartans.
Two thirds of the Greek people live in urban areas.Greece's largest metropolitan centers and most influential urban areas are those of Athens and Thessaloniki, with metropolitan populations of approximately four million and 990 thousand inhabitants respectively.
The municipalities of Greece (Greek: δήμοι, romanized: dímoi) are the lowest level of government within the organizational structure of the state.As of 2021, there are 332 municipalities, further divided into 1036 municipal units and 6136 communities. [1]
It is the location of the largest orange production in the Peloponnese and probably in all of Greece. Lakonia , a brand of orange juice, is based in Amykles . The main mountain ranges are the Taygetus 2,407 m (7,897 ft) in the west and the Parnon 1,961 m (6,434 ft) in the northeast.
In 2013, Shoaib Makani, with co-founders Ryan Johns and Obaid Khan, founded KeepTruckin to improve the safety and efficiency of businesses. [9] They began with an electronic logbook app for drivers to record their hours of service (HOS).
The population of the Kozani municipality is over 67,000 people. [2] The climate of the area is continental with cold and dry winters, and hot summers. Kozani is the home of the University of Western Macedonia , with about 15,000 students from all over Greece and other places.
Makani was founded in 2006 by Saul Griffith, Don Montague, and Corwin Hardham. [2] It received funding as part of Google.org's Renewable Energy cheaper than Coal (RE<C) initiative. [3] "Makani" is Hawaiian for "wind." [4] Corwin Hardham died in 2012 at age 38. [5] On 23 May 2013, Makani Power was acquired by Google and was folded into Google X. [6]