Greece is a country located in Southeastern Europe consisting of a mainland and over 6,000 islands scattered in the Aegean and Ionian Seas. Crete is the largest Greek island, located in the Mediterranean Sea. The document discusses the geography, history, and cities of Greece and Crete, focusing on Chania as the location of the Geniko Lykeio Vamou school. It provides an overview of the region of Apokoronas where the school is located and aspects of the local environment and way of life. The presentation concludes by welcoming visitors to Crete.

1. GREECE, CRETE,
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2. GREECE
GREECE IS A COUNTRY IN
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE, KNOWN IN
GREEK AS HELLAS ORELLADA, AND
CONSISTING OF A MAINLAND AND AN
ARCHIPELAGO OF ISLANDS.
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3. • THE TOTAL AREA OF GREECE IS
131,957 KM2 AND CONSISTS OF
THREE MAIN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS:
• A PENINSULAR MAINLAND, THE
PELOPONNESE PENINSULA, AND
AROUND 6.000 ISLANDS AND ISLETS,
SCATTERED IN THE AEGEAN AND
IONIAN SEA, MOST OF THEM
GROUPED IN CLUSTERS, THAT
CONSTITUTE THE UNIQUE GREEK
ARCHIPELAGO.
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4. EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY
CONSISTS OF MOUNTAINS ORHILLS;
FURTHERMORE, IT HAS 16.000 KMOF
COASTLINE OF WHICH7500 ARE
FOUNDAROUNDTHE THOUSANDS
ISLANDS OF THE GREEK
ARCHIPELAGO, A TRULY
UNPARALLELED PHENOMENON ON
THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT.
• OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: GREEK
• THE CURRENCY : GREECE IS A
MEMBER-STATE OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION AND USES ITS UNIFORM
CURRENCY – THE EURO.
• CLIMATE: MEDITERRANEAN
• POPULATION: 11.306.183 (2010
ESTIMATE)
• THE COUNTRY IS A PRESIDENTIAL
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6. CRETE
CRETE IS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN GREECE, AND THE
FIFTH LARGEST ONE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
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7. BRIEF HISTORY OF CRETE
• AFTER THE DECLINE OF THE MINOANS, CRETE WAS INVADED BY A SERIES OF
CONQUERORS STARTING WITH THE MYCENEANS. SOON, THE DORIANS AND THEN
LATER THE ROMANS INVADED. WHEN THE ROMAN EMPIRE DECLINED, THE
BYZANTINES TOOK THEIR TURN AND IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT CHRISTIANITY WAS
ESTABLISHED.
• THE ARABS CONQUEREDCRETE IN THE 8THCENTURY. THE BYZANTINES TOOKOVER
AGAIN BEFORE THEY SOLD THE ISLAND TO THE VENETIANS IN THE EARLY 13TH
CENTURY, WHO BESTOWED THEIR INFLUENCE UNTIL THEIR SURRENDER TO THE
OTTOMAN TURKS IN 1669.
• THE TURKS RULED UNTIL 1898 AFTER WHICH CRETE WAS PLACED UNDER
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8. CHANIA
AREA
MUNICIPALITY 351.3 KM2
(135.6 SQ MI)
CITY OF CHANIA 13 KM2
POPULATION (2011)
MUNICIPALITY 108,642
CITY OF CHANIA 18642
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9. CHANIA IS THE LOCATION IN WHICH
MINOITES BUILT THE CITY OF KIDONIA.
BY THE EXCAVATION THAT TOOK
PLACE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
CITY IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THIS
REGION WAS INHABITED SINCE THE
NEOLITHIC AGE. THE FIRST COLONELS
FROM THE NORTH PART OF GREECE
WAS THE DORIEIS WHO INHABITED
THE CITY OF CHANIA SINCE THE 1100
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10. A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR REGION
APOKORONAS (GREEK: ΑPΟΚΟΡΟΝΑΣ) IS A MUNICIPALITY
IN CHANIA REGIONAL UNIT, IN NORTH-WEST CRETE, GREECE. IT IS
SITUATED ON THE NORTH COAST OF CRETE, TO THE EAST
OF CHANIA ITSELF. THE MUNICIPALITY HAS AN AREA OF
315.478 KM2
(121.807 SQ MI).
•ROBERT PASHLEY SUGGESTED THAT THE NAME 'APOKORONAS' CAME
FROM THE ANCIENT CITY OF IPOKORONAS OR IPPOKORONION, ALSO
CITED BY STRABO.
•THE AREA IS VERY GREEN AND FERTILE, UNUSUAL FOR ROCKY CRETE.
•TOURISM AND AGRICULTURE ARE THE MAJOR LOCAL INDUSTRIES
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12. A GLIMPSE OF ENVIRONMENT, LIFE AND
HABITS
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22. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL IN
CRETE!
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