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The Greek diaspora (Greek: ελληνική διασπορά elliniki diaspora) is a term used to refer to the communities of Greek people living outside of the traditional Greek homelands in southeast Europe and Asia Minor. Members of the diaspora can be identified as those who themselves, or whose ancestors, migrated from the Greek homelands.

History

Ancient Times

In ancient times the trading and colonising activities of the Greek tribes and city states spread people of Greek culture, religion and language around the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins, especially in Sicily, southern Italy, Spain the South of France and the Black sea coasts. Under Alexander the Great's Empire Greek ruling classes were established in the middle east and in Egypt. Under the Roman Empire movement of people spread Greeks across the Empire and in the eastern territories Greek became the lingua franca rather than Latin. The Roman Empire became Christianized in the fourth century AD, and in the Byzantine period practice of the Greek Orthodox form of Christianity became a defining hallmark of Greek identity. A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... For other uses, see Black Sea (disambiguation). ... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... Southern France, colloquially known as Le Midi is a loosely defined geographical area consisting of the regions that border Spain, the Mediterranean Sea and Italy. ... For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... Lingua franca, literally Frankish language in Italian, was originally a mixed language consisting largely of Italian plus a vocabulary drawn from Turkish, Persian, French, Greek and Arabic and used for communication throughout the Middle East. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Byzantine redirects here. ... Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: HellÄ“northódoxÄ“ EkklÄ“sía) can refer to any of several hierarchical churches within the larger group of mutually recognizing Eastern Orthodox churches. ...

7th Century

In the seventh century Emperor Heraclius adopted Greek as the official language. Greeks continued to live around the Levant, Mediterranean and Black Sea maintaining a Greek identity amongst local populations as traders, officials and settlers. Under the Ottoman Empire these populations generally remained. For the Patriarch of Jerusalem, see Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem. ... The Levant The Levant (IPA: ) is an imprecise geographical term historically referring to a large area in the Middle East south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and by the northern Arabian Desert and Upper Mesopotamia to the east. ...

15th Century - Fall Of Byzantium, Exdodus to Italy

Many Greeks fled the Constantinople after its fall in 1453 and found refuge in Italy, bringing with them many ancient Greek writings that had been lost in the West. These helped contribute to the European Renaissance. Most Greeks settled in Venice and are indeed now lost to history. This article is about the city before the Fall of Constantinople (1453). ... By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance -French Renaissance -German Renaissance -English Renaissance The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... For other uses, see Venice (disambiguation). ...

Modern Times

19th Century

During and after the Greek War of Independence, Greeks of the Diaspora were important in establishing the fledgling state, raising funds and awareness abroad. Greek merchant families already had contacts in other countries and during the disturbances many set up home around the Mediterranean (notably Marseilles in France, Livorno in Italy, Alexandria in Egypt), Russia (Odessa and St Petersburg), and Britain (London and Liverpool) from where they traded, typically in textiles and grain. Businesses frequently comprised the whole extended family, and with them they brought schools teaching Greek and the Greek Orthodox church. As markets changed and they became more established, some families grew their operations to become shippers, financed through the local Greek community, notably with the aid of the Ralli or Vagliano Brothers. With economic success the Diaspora expanded further across the Levant, North Africa, India and the USA. Combatants Greek revolutionaries United Kingdom France Russian Empire  Ottoman Empire Egyptian Khedivate Commanders Theodoros Kolokotronis Alexander Ypsilanti Georgios Karaiskakis Omer Vryonis Mahmud Dramali Pasha ReÅŸid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Marseilles redirects here. ... Livorno (archaic English: ) is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. ... This article is about the city in Egypt. ... The ODESSA, which stands for the German phrase Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen, which phrase in turn translates as “Organization of Former Members of the SS,” is the name commonly given to an international Nazi network alleged to have been set up towards the end of World War II... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... Greek Orthodox Church can refer to any of several hierarchical churches within the larger group of mutually recognizing Eastern Orthodox churches: the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, headed by the Patriarch of Constantinople, who is also the first among equals of the Eastern Orthodox Communion. ... Shipping is arguably the oldest form of occupation of the Greeks. ... The five Ralli Brothers, Zannis a. ... Panayis Athanase Vagliano Greek: a. ... The Levant The Levant (IPA: ) is an imprecise geographical term historically referring to a large area in the Middle East south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and by the northern Arabian Desert and Upper Mesopotamia to the east. ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ...

After the Treaty of Constantinople the political situation stabilised somewhat, and some of the displaced families moved back to the newly-independent country to become key figures in cultural, educational and political life, especially in Athens. Finance and assistance from overseas were channelled through these family ties, and helped provide institutions such as the National Library, and sent relief after natural disasters. The Τreaty of Constantinople was the product of the Constantinople Conference which opened in February 1832 with the participation of the Great Powers (the United Kingdom, France and Russia) on the one hand and the Ottoman Empire on the other. ... The National Library of Greece (Greek: ) is situated near the center of city of Athens. ...

20th Century

In the twentieth century many Greeks left the traditional homelands for economic reasons resulting in large migrations from Greece and Cyprus to the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Germany and South Africa, especially after the Second World War (1939-45) the Greek Civil War (1946-49) and the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Combatants Hellenic Army, Royalist forces, Republicans United Kingdom Communist Party of Greece (ELAS, DSE) Commanders Alexander Papagos, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, James Van Fleet Markos Vafiadis Strength 150,000 men 50,000 men and women Casualties 15,000 killed 32,000+ killed or captured The Greek Civil War (Ελληνικός εμφύλιος πόλεμος [ellinikos emfilios polemos]) was... Combatants  Turkey  Cyprus  Greece On the 20th of July 1974, Turkey launched a military invasion by air, land and sea against Cyprus purportedly to restore constitutional order following an Athens orchestrated coup by the Cypriot National Guard against the President of Cyprus, Makarios III. Though Turkey had consistently refused to...

After the First World War most Greeks living in the territory of modern Turkey were forced or coerced into leaving areas occupied by Greek people since antiquity. Many came to modern Greece, but The Russian Empire (later USSR) was also a major destination. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Anthem: God Save the Tsar! The Russian Empire in 1914 Capital Saint Petersburg Language(s) Russian Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1721-1725 Peter the Great (first)  - 1894-1917 Nicholas II (last) History  - Established 22 October, 1721  - February Revolution 2 April, 1917 Area  - 1897 22,400,000 km2 8,648,688 sq...

After the Greek Civil War some left wing activists and their families moved to the Communist Countries of Europe due to the political situation. Hungary even founded a whole new village, Beloiannisz for Greek immigrants. While many immigrants returned later, these countries still have numerous first and second generation Greeks who maintain their traditions. Combatants Hellenic Army, Royalist forces, Republicans United Kingdom Communist Party of Greece (ELAS, DSE) Commanders Alexander Papagos, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, James Van Fleet Markos Vafiadis Strength 150,000 men 50,000 men and women Casualties 15,000 killed 32,000+ killed or captured The Greek Civil War (Ελληνικός εμφύλιος πόλεμος [ellinikos emfilios polemos]) was... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word... Beloiannisz (in Greek: Μπελογιάννης) is a village in Fejér county, Hungary. ...

The Arab Nationalism of President Nasser of Egypt led to the expulsion of a large Greek population from that country in the 1950s. Until that point Alexandria had been an important centre of Greek culture since antiquity, with the business life of the city dominated by Greeks. Arab nationalism refers to a common nationalist ideology in wider Arab world. ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: - ; Masri: جمال عبد الناصر - also transliterated as Jamal Abd al-Naser, Jamal Abd an-Nasser and other variants; January 15, 1918 – September 28, 1970) was the President of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. ...

With the fall of Communism in eastern Europe and the USSR, numbers of Greeks of the Diaspora whose Greek ancestry was many generations removed, immigrated to modern Greece's urban centres in Athens and Thessaloniki and onto Cyprus. Movements from Georgia were most numerous. The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ...

The term 'Pontian Greeks' is used to refer to those who have come from the countries around the Black Sea.

Today

Important centres of the Greek Diaspora today are Chicago, London, New York, Melbourne and Toronto. Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ...

The General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad is a dependency of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has compiled several studies on the Greeks of the diaspora. The Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs. ...

The total number of Greeks living outside Greece and Cyprus today is a contentious issue. Where Census figures are available it shows around 3 million Greeks outside of Greece and Cyprus. Estimates provided by the Council of overseas Greeks {SAE} put the figure at around 7 million worldwide. Integration, intermarriage and loss of the Greek language also influence the definition and self-definition of Greeks of the Diaspora.

Well known Greeks of the Diaspora

Well known people in the Greek diaspora include:

The queen Cleopatra of Egypt, King Attalos, Antiochius III, George Averoff, Arsaki, Maria Callas, Jennifer Aniston, George Michael, Telly Savalas, Doménicos Theotokópoulos (El Greco), Georges Corraface, Greg Louganis, John Varvatos, Elia Kazan, Constantine Lascaris, Marcus Musurus, Yiannis Pharmakis, Queen Sophia of Spain, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Peter Andre, Jake and Dinos Chapman Sir Alec Issigonis, Michael Dukakis, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Dertouzos, George Bizos, Mario Frangoulis, George Sava, Spyros Skouras, Arianna Huffington, Panayiotis Zavos, Nicholas Negroponte, Grigorios S. Kapageridis, Nik Poulos, Spiro Agnew, George Stephanopoulos, “Cleopatra” redirects here. ... George M. Averoff (1815-1899), alternately Georgios Averof, was a Greek businessman and philanthropist. ... Maria Callas in a casual moment, 1960s Maria Callas (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American born, Greek dramatic coloratura soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. ... Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning American film and television actress, best known for her role as Rachel Green in the popular television sitcom Friends. ... This article is about the musician. ... Aristotelis Telly Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was a prominent Emmy Award-winning American film and television actor whose career spanned four decades. ... El Greco (The Greek, 1541 – April 7, 1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. ... European actor Georges Corraface has an international career in film and television, after many years in French theater - notably as a member of the famed Peter Brook Company. ... Gregory (Greg) Efthimios Louganis (born January 29, 1960 in El Cajon, California) is an American diver. ... Image:TN JohnVarvatos2004. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek: Ηλίας Καζάν, IPA: ), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and cofounder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. ... Constantine Lascaris (d. ... Marcus Musurus (Μάρκος Μουσούρος) (c. ... Yiannis Pharmakis (Greek: Ιάννης Φαρμακης; Romanian: Ioan Farmache), d. ... ... Prince Philip redirects here. ... André on stage Peter André, (born as Peter James Andrea February 27, 1973 in Harrow, London, UK is a pop singer achieving success mainly in the United Kingdom. ... Jake Chapman (born 1966) and Dinos Chapman (born 1962) are brothers and British artists who work almost exclusively in collaboration with each other. ... Sir Alec Issigonis (1906-1988) was a designer of cars, now remembered chiefly for the development of the Mini in 1959. ... Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. ... Olympia Dukakis (born June 20, 1931 in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... The late Michael L Dertouzos Michael L Dertouzos (1936 - 2001) was a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) from 1974 to 2001. ... George Bizos born 1928 in Greece, is a distinguished human rights advocate who defended against apartheid in South Africa. ... This January 2007 does not cite its references or sources. ... George Sava British surgeon and writer of Russian origin (although ultimately of Macedonian ancestry). ... Spyros P. Skouras (born March 28, 1893–August 16, 1971) was an American movie executive who was the chairman of the Twentieth Century Fox from 1942 to 1962. ... Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos (Greek: Αριάννα Στασινόπουλου) on July 15, 1950 in Athens, Greece) is an author and nationally syndicated columnist in the United States. ... Dr. Panayiotis Michael Zavos (Greek: , or Panos Zavos, ) is a Greek Cypriot reproductive biologist from Cyprus. ... Nicholas Negroponte Nicholas Negroponte (born 1943) is an architect and computer scientist best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Media Lab. ... Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States serving under President Richard M. Nixon, and the fifty-fifth Governor of Maryland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

See also:

• List of Greek Americans
• List of Greek Australians
• List of Greek Canadians
• Greeks in Great Britain

Top 50 countries with the largest Greek populations

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Number of Greeks in all countries

Rank	Country	Capital	Number of ethnic Greeks	Main articles
1	Greece	Athens	10,196,539 (2001 census) [1]	Demographics of Greece
2	United States	Washington, D.C.	1,213,807 (2000 census) [2] – an estimated 3,000,000 claim Greek descent [3]	Greek American
3	Cyprus	Nicosia	618,455 (2001 census) [4]	Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot diaspora
4	Australia	Canberra	365,150 (2006 census) [5] –	Greek Australian
5	Germany	Berlin	354,500 (est.) [6] – 320,000 (2006 est.) [7]	Greeks in Germany
6	Canada	Ottawa	215,105 (2001 census) [8] – 450,000 (est.)[6]	Greek Canadians
7	South Africa	Pretoria	120,000 (est.) [6] – see also [4]	Greeks in South Africa
8	United Kingdom	London	112,163 (2001 census) - excludes all British-born Greeks (est. 200,000) [9]	Greeks in Great Britain
9	Russia	Moscow	97,827 (2002 census) [10] – 150,000 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Russia
10	Ukraine	Kiev	91,500 (2001 census) [11] – 250,000 (est.) [6] (500,000 - est. 2000)	Greeks in Ukraine
11	Albania	Tirana	58,785 (1989 census) [12] – 400,000 (est.) [13]	Greeks in Albania
12	France	Paris	35,000 (est.) [14] [6]	Greeks in France
13	Brazil	Brasília	25,000 – 30,000 (est.) [15]	Greeks in Brazil
14	Belgium	Brussels	25,000 (est.) [6] – 35,000 (est.) [16]	Greeks in Belgium
15	Argentina	Buenos Aires	20,000 (est.) [6] – 30,000 (est.) [17]	Greeks in Argentina
16	Italy	Rome	20,000 (est.) [6] – 30,000 (est.) [18]	Greeks in Italy
17	Georgia	Tbilisi	15,166 (2002 census) [19] – 120,000 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Georgia
18	Serbia	Belgrade	15,000 (est.) [20]	Greeks in Serbia
19	Kazakhstan	Astana	12,703 (1999 census) [21] – 120,000 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Kazakhstan
20	Sweden	Stockholm	12,000 – 15,000 (est.) [22] – 20,000 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Sweden
21	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	9,500 (est.) [23] – 10,000 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Uzbekistan
22	Switzerland	Bern	8,340 (est.) [6] – 11,000 (est.) [24]	Greeks in Switzerland
23	Romania	Bucharest	6,513 (2002 census) [25] – 14,000 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Romania
24	Austria	Vienna	5,000 (est.) [26] – 6,500 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Austria
25	Turkey	Ankara	5,000 (2006 est.) [27]	Greeks in Turkey
26	New Zealand	Wellington	4,500 (est.) [28] – 10,000 (est.) [6]	Greeks in New Zealand
27	Netherlands	Amsterdam	4,000 (est.) [6] – 12,500 (est.) [29]	Greeks in the Netherlands
28	Egypt	Cairo	3,800 (est.) [30] – 350,000 (1989 est.) [31]	Greeks in Egypt
29	Bulgaria	Sofia	3,408 (2001 census) [32] – 28,500 [33]	Greeks in Bulgaria
30	Czech Republic	Prague	3,231 (2001 census) [34] – 7,000 (est.) [35]	Greeks in the Czech Republic
31	Moldova	Chişinău	3,000 (est.) [36] – 4,000 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Moldova
32	Hungary	Budapest	2,509 (2001 census) [37] – 6,000 (est.) [38]	Greeks in Hungary
33	Lebanon	Beirut	1,500 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Lebanon
34	Oman	Muscat	1,500 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Oman
35	Poland	Warsaw	1,404 (2002 census) [39] – 4,300 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Poland
36	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	1,300 (est.) [6]	Greeks in Saudi Arabia
37	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1,200 [6] – 2,000 (est.) [40]	Greeks in Luxembourg
38	Cameroon	Yaoundé	1,200 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Cameroon
39	Armenia	Yerevan	1,176 (2002 census) [42] – 15,000 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Armenia
40	Venezuela	Caracas	1,148 (est.) [43] – 2,500 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Venezuela
41	Zimbabwe	Harare	1,100 (est.) [44] – 4,000 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Zimbabwe
42	Uruguay	Montevideo	1,000 (est.) [41] – 2,000 (est.) [45]	Greeks in Uruguay
43	Chile	Santiago	1,000 (est.) [41] – 1,500 (est.) [46]	Greeks in Chile
44	Mexico	Mexico City	1,000 (est.) [47] [41]	Greeks in Mexico
45	Syria	Damascus	1,000 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Syria
46	Panama	Panama City	800 (est.) [41] – 1,000 (est.) [48]	Greeks in Panama
47	Zambia	Lusaka	700 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Zambia
48	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	650 – 700 (est.) [49]	Greeks in Kyrgyzstan
49	Denmark	Copenhagen	500 (est.) [41] – 1,000 (est.) [50]	Greeks in Denmark
50	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	500 (est.) [51] – 700 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Ethiopia
51	FYROM	Skopje	422 (2002 census) [52] – 250,000 (1994 est.) [53]	Greeks in the Republic of Macedonia
52	Jordan	Amman	400 (est.) [41] – 600 (est.) [54]	Greeks in Jordan
53	Norway	Oslo	350 (est.) [55] [41]	Greeks in Norway
54	Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire)	Kinshasa	300 (est.) [56] – 5000 (est.) [41]	Greeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
55	Spain	Madrid	300 (est.) [41] – 1,500 – 2,000 (est.) [57]	Greeks in Spain
56	Bahamas	Nassau	300 (est.) [41]	Greeks in the Bahamas
57	Nigeria	Abuja	300 (est.) [58] [41]	Greeks in Nigeria
58	Tanzania	Dodoma	300 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Tanzania
59	Israel	Jerusalem	250 – 300 (est.) [59] – 1,500 (est.) [41] (non-Jewish Greek only)	Greeks in Israel
60	Sudan	Khartoum	250 (est.) [60] – 700 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Sudan
61	Azerbaijan	Baku	250 – 300 (est.) [61]	Greeks in Azerbaijan
62	Lithuania	Vilnius	250 (est.) [62]	Greeks in Lithuania
63	Malawi	Lilongwe	200 (est.) [63] – 800 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Malawi
64	Colombia	Bogotá, D.C.	200 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Colombia
65	Ireland	Dublin	200 (est.) [41] – for further information, see [5]	Greeks in Ireland
66	Kenya	Nairobi	200 (est.) [41]	Greeks in Kenya
67	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	200 (est.) [41]	Greeks in the United Arab Emirates
68	Morocco	Rabat	180 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Morocco
69	Peru	Lima	150 (est.) [64] – 350 (est.) [65]	Greeks in Peru
70	Portugal	Lisbon	150 (est.) [64] – 240 (est.) [66]	Greeks in Portugal
71	Botswana	Gaborone	150 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Botswana
72	Djibouti	Djibouti City	150 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Djibouti
73	Estonia	Tallinn	150 (est.) [67]	Greeks in Estonia
74	Finland	Helsinki	150 (est.) [68] [64]	Greeks in Finland
75	Hong Kong	–	150 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Hong Kong
76	Kuwait	Kuwait City	140 (est.) [69] –150 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Kuwait
77	Latvia	Riga	100 (est.) [70] – 10,000 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Latvia
78	Japan	Tokyo	100 (est) [64] – 300 (est.) [71]	Greeks in Japan
79	Bolivia	La Paz	100 (est.) [72] [64]	Greeks in Bolivia
80	People's Republic of China	Beijing	100 (est.) [73]	Greeks in China
81	Costa Rica	San José	80 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Costa Rica
82	Indonesia	Jakarta	72 (est.) [74]	Greeks in Indonesia
83	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	70 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Papua New Guinea
84	Iran	Tehran	60 (est.) [64] – 80 (est.) [75]	Greeks in Iran
85	Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	60 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Côte d'Ivoire
86	Madagascar	Antananarivo	60 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Madagascar
87	Slovenia	Ljubljana	54 (2002 census) [76]	Greeks in Slovenia
88	Croatia	Zagreb	50 (est.) [77]	Greeks in Croatia
89	Tunisia	Tunis	50 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Tunisia
90	Senegal	Dakar	50 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Senegal
91	Central African Republic	Bangui	40 (est.) [64]	Greeks in the Central African Republic
92	Qatar	Doha	40 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Qatar
93	Singapore	–	40 (est.) [78]	Greeks in Singapore
94	Malta	Valletta	35 – 40 (est.) [79]	Greeks in Malta
95	Cuba	Havana	30 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Cuba
96	Algeria	Algiers	30 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Algeria
97	Eritrea	Asmara	30 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Eritrea
98	Slovakia	Bratislava	apart from some 80 students currently in Slovakia, there are no more than twenty Greeks, and no form of association [80]	Greeks in Slovakia
99	Paraguay	Asunción	20 (est.) [64] – 25 (est.) [81]	Greeks in Paraguay
100	Chad	N'Djamena	20 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Chad
101	Ecuador	Quito	20 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Ecuador
102	Guatemala	Guatemala City	20 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Guatemala
103	Mozambique	Maputo	20 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Mozambique
104	Namibia	Windhoek	20 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Namibia
105	Togo	Lomé	20 (est.) [64]	Greeks in Togo
106	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	10 (est.) [64]	Greeks in the Republic of the Congo
107	Belarus	Minsk	unknown – for further information, see [6]	Greeks in Belarus

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See also

• Antiochian Greeks
• Cappadocian Greek language
• Church of Greece
• Cypriot Orthodox Church
• Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
• Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
• Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
• Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
• Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
• Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
• Greek-Calabrian dialect
• Greeks
• Griko language
• Orthodox Church in America
• Pontic Greeks

Antiochian Greeks are the members of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch who have resided in the territory of contemporary Turkish province of Hatay. ... Cappadocian, also known as Cappadocian Greek or Asia Minor Greek, is a dialect of the Greek language, formerly spoken in Cappadocia (Central Turkey). ... The Church of Greece is one of the fifteenth autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches which make up the Eastern Orthodox Communion. ... The ancient Church of Cyprus is one of the fourteen or fifteen independent (autocephalous) Eastern Orthodox churches, which are in communion and in doctrinal agreement with one another but not all subject to one patriarch. ... Throne inside the Patriarchade of Constantinople. ... The Patriarch of Constantinople is the Ecumenical Patriarch, the first among equals in the Eastern Orthodox communion. ... The Greek Byzantine Catholic Church is a particular Church within the Roman Catholic Church and uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Greek language. ... The Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Greek: ) is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. ... The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, also known as Antiochian Orthodox Church claims to be one of the five churches that composed the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church before the Great Schism. ... Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem. ... The Greek-Calabrian dialect or Greek-Bovesian is the version of Italian Greek used in Calabria, as opposed to the other Italian-Greek dialect spoken in the Grecìa Salentina, remnant of the ancient and Byzantine Greek colonisation of the region. ... Griko, sometimes spelled Grico, is a Modern Greek dialect which is spoken by people in the Magna Graecia region in southern Italy and Sicily, and it is otherwise known as the Grecanic language. ... The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church in North America. ... The term Pontic Greeks, Pontian Greeks, Pontians or Greeks of Pontus (Greek: or , Turkish: ) can refer to Greeks specifically from the area of Pontus in the region of the former Empire of Trebizond on the Black Sea coast of Eastern Turkey, or in other cases more generally all Greeks from...

References

Department of State redirects here. ... Map of the dominant self-identified ethnic origins of ancestors per census division. ... Greek Cypriot refers to the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus. ... The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is a democratic, international organization. ... The Columbia Encyclopedia is a one-volume encyclopedia produced by Columbia University Press and sold by the Gale Group. ... Greek Muslims, also known as Greek-speaking Muslims, are Muslims of Greek ethnic origin, and are found primarily in Turkey, Cyprus, and Greece, although migrations to Lebanon and Syria have been reported[1]. The vast majority of the autochthonous Muslim minority in Greece (including the Greek-speaking Muslims), most of... The demographics of Poland describe the make-up of the country of Poland. ... // Demographics of the Republic of Macedonia , Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands. ... The Johns Hopkins University Press is a publishing house and division of Johns Hopkins University that engages in academic publishing. ...

External links

• General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad
• Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Popular International Greek diaspora blog