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Agios Georgios, Corfu
Europe is one of the five inhabited traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and to the southeast by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains. On the east, Europe is divided from Asia by the water divide of the Ural Mountains and by the Caspian Sea. Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area and third-largest continent after Asia and Africa in population.
Agios Georgios is a municipality in the Corfu Prefecture, Greece. It had a population of 4,958 residents in 2001. The seat of the municipality is in Agros. Corfu had a population of 113,658 residents in 2005 with a population density of 180 residents per square kilometer. Corfu, a prefecture of Greece, consists of the islands of Corfu, Paxoi, Othonoi and several smaller islands, all in the Ionian Sea. The prefecture is part of the periphery Ionian Islands. The capital of the prefecture is Corfu Town.
Greece is a developed country, member of the European Union since 1981 and a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001. is a country in south-eastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan peninsula. It is bordered by Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the north and by Turkey to the east. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece. they are thus also legally regarded as administrative units of the central government.The first prefectural elections took place in 1994. The prefects were previously appointed by the government.The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Greece has a particularly long and eventful history and a cultural heritage considerably influential in Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East.
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