Calling Greece from the United States explained:
- 011 - US exit code; have to be dialed first for all international calls made from the US/Canada number plan
- 30 - international country code for Greece
- US to Greece international dialing format : 011 + 30 + area code + individual phone number
Area Codes:
| Athens | 21 |
Heraklion | 281 |
Patra | 261 |
| Chania | 2821 |
Kavala | 251 |
Rethymno | 2831 |
| Corfu | 2661 |
Larissa | 241 |
Trikala | 2431 |
| Drama | 2521 |
Lasithi | 241 |
Thessaloniki | 231 |
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Information about country:
Geographically Greece is located in the Southeastern region of Europe. The territory of Greece includes more than 6000 islands and islets, but only about 200 of them are populated. Many attributes of civilization or ideas about them came from Ancient Greece or were significantly influenced by Ancient Greek history. It's enough to mention the concepts of democracy, arts, sports (Olympic Games are based much upon the Ancient Greek Olympic traditions), architecture, medicine. Merchant fleet of Greece is the largest in the world.