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___MASK17___ (" Athína " ) is the capital and largest city of Greece . ___MASK17___ dominates the Attica region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical ___MASK17___ was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with ___MASK17___ . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , ___MASK17___ is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in Greece . In 2015 , ___MASK17___ was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study . Albania (; ), officially the Republic of Albania , is a sovereign state in Southeastern ___MASK9___ . It has a population of 3 . 03 million as of 2016 . Tirana is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Durrës and Vlorë . Albania is located in the south - western part of the Balkan peninsula , bordered by Montenegro to the northwest , Kosovo to the northeast , the Republic of Macedonia to the east , and ___MASK10___ to the south and southeast . The country has a coastline on the northern shore of the ___MASK6___ , the Adriatic Sea to the west and the Ionian Sea to the southwest where the Albanian Riviera begins . Albania is less than from Italy , across the Strait of Otranto which connects the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea . Oxya ( Greek :  ) is a mountain village in the western part of the Karditsa regional unit , ___MASK10___ . Oxya is in the municipality of Mouzaki . The village Oxya had a population of 189 in 2001 , the community 689 . Oxya is located about 40 km west of Karditsa and is in the foot of the Pindus mountains . Its residents are based in agriculture . Thessaloniki is the second - largest city in ___MASK10___ and the capital of Greek Macedonia , the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace . Its nickname is   (" Symprotévousa "), literally " the co - capital ", a reference to its historical status as the  (" Symvasilévousa ") or " co - reigning " city of the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire , alongside Constantinople . Pamisos is a former municipality in the Karditsa regional unit , ___MASK57___ , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mouzaki , of which it is a municipal unit . The municipal unit has an area of 53 . 854 km . Population 3 , 787 ( 2011 ). The seat of the municipality was in Agnantero . Karditsa is a city in western ___MASK57___ in mainland Greece . The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit . The ___MASK11___ or Peloponnesus (" Pelopónnsos "), is a peninsula and geographic region in southern ___MASK10___ . It is separated from the central part of the country by the Gulf of Corinth . During the late Middle Ages and the Ottoman era , the peninsula was known as the Morea , a name still in colloquial use in its demotic form (  ). ___MASK57___ (" Thessalía "; ancient Thessalian : , " Petthalía ") is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece , comprising most of the ancient region of the same name . Before the Greek Dark Ages , ___MASK57___ was known as Aeolia , and appears thus in Homer ' s " Odyssey ". ___MASK9___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK9___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the ___MASK79___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK9___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK9___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK9___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Trikala is a city in northwestern ___MASK57___ , Greece , and the capital of the Trikala regional unit . The city straddles the Lithaios river , which is a tributary of Pineios . According to the National Statistical Service , Trikala is populated by 81 , 355 inhabitants ( 2011 ), while in total the Trikala regional unit is populated by 131 , 085 inhabitants ( 2011 ). Agrafa is a mountainous region in Evrytania and Karditsa regional units in ___MASK20___ ___MASK10___ , consisting mainly of small villages . It is the southernmost part of the Pindus range . There is also a municipality with the same name , the Municipality of Agrafa , but it covers only a small percentage of the area . ___MASK10___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK10___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . ___MASK17___ is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Mouzaki is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of the Karditsa regional unit , ___MASK10___ . Mouzaki is located on the southwestern edge of the Thessalian plain , where the river Pamisos descends from the Agrafa mountains . It is 17 km southwest of Trikala and 24 km northwest of Karditsa . The Greek National Road 30 ( Arta - Trikala - Karditsa - Volos ) passes north of the town . ___MASK96___ is a geographical and historical region in southeastern ___MASK9___ , now shared between ___MASK10___ and Albania . It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea , stretching from the Bay of Vlorë and the Acroceraunian mountains in the north to the Ambracian Gulf and the ruined Roman city of Nicopolis in the south . It is currently divided between the region of ___MASK96___ in northwestern ___MASK10___ and the counties of Gjirokastër , Vlorë , and Berat in southern Albania . The largest city in ___MASK96___ is Ioannina , seat of the region of ___MASK96___ , with Gjirokastër the largest city in the Albanian part of ___MASK96___ . Greek National Road 30 ( abbreviated as EO30 ) is a single carriageway road in central ___MASK10___ . It connects the cities of Arta and Volos , via Trikala and Karditsa . Northern ___MASK96___ (" Vorios Ipiros ") is a term used to refer to those parts of the historical region of ___MASK96___ , in the western Balkans , which today are part of Albania . The term is used mostly by Greeks and is associated with the existence of a substantial ethnic Greek population in the region . It also has connotations with political claims on the territory on the grounds that it was held by ___MASK10___ and in 1914 was declared an independent state by the local Greeks against annexation to the newly founded Albanian principality . The term is typically rejected by most Albanians for its irredentist associations . The Pindus ( also Pindos or Pindhos ) mountain range is located in northern ___MASK10___ and southern Albania . It is roughly 160 km long , with a maximum elevation of 2 , 637 m ( Mount Smolikas ). Because it runs along the border of ___MASK57___ and Epirus , the Pindus range is often called the " spine of ___MASK10___ ". The mountain range stretches from near the Greek - Albanian borders in Northern Epirus , entering the Epirus region and Macedonia region in northern ___MASK10___ down to the north of the Peloponnese . Geologically it constitutes an extension of the Dinaric Alps , which dominate the western region of the Balkan Peninsula . This vast complex of mountains , peaks , plateaus , valleys and gorges traverses the Greek mainland from the Northwest to the Southeast . Its length reaches almost 230 kilometers and its largest width is 70 kilometers . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : Austria , ___MASK100___ , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , ___MASK70___ , ___MASK10___ , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , ___MASK80___ , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency .