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Greece had 10 million barrels of proven oil reserves as of 1 January 2012. [1] Hellenic Petroleum is the country's largest oil company, followed by Motor Oil Hellas. Greece's oil production stands at 1,751 barrels per day (bbl/d), ranked 95th worldwide, [1] while it exports 19,960 bbl/d, ranked 53rd, [1] and imports 355,600 bbl/d, ranked 25th. [1]
The main industry is tourism, with Greek and other European holidaymakers attracted by its remote location and beaches. There are a number of taverns, some of which offer accommodation. Pserimos is served by a daily ferry from Pothia, on the island of Kalymnos, and is a destination on the itinerary of a number of cruise boats in the area.
Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea.
This is a List of Greek subdivisions by their GDP, or gross domestic product.There are fourteen modern regions of Greece, instituted in 1987. Greece's overall GDP was $281 billion in 2012, which represents $24,505 per capita, 44th in the world.
Aegean Sea Islands map showing island groups Satellite view of the Aegean Sea and Islands. The Aegean Islands [a] are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast.
What I Learned from Today’s Puzzle. COST (7D: "True feeling justifies whatever it may ___" (May Sarton quote)) May Sarton (1912-1995) was a Belgian American novelist, poet, and memoirist.
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The one industry in which Greece had major success was the shipping industry. Greece's geography has made the country a major player in maritime affairs from antiquity, and Greece has a strong modern tradition dating from the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca in 1774 which allowed Greek ships to escape Ottoman domination by registering under the ...