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Eastern Europe - Quick Facts
Leger Holidays makes it easy for you discover this enigmatic part of Europe: visit the imperial cities, imposing landmarks, famous history and impressive natural highlights that combine to make the countries of Eastern Europe so popular year after year.
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Facts about Poland
- Capital
- Warsaw
- Government
- Republic
- Currency
- Zloty (PLN)
- Area
- 312,685 km²
- Population
- 38,636,000 (2006 est.)
- Polish
- Religion
- Catholic 93%, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other
- Electricity
- 230V/50Hz (European plug)
- Calling Code
- +48
- Time Zone
- UTC +1
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Facts about Czech Republic
- Capital
- Prague
- Government
- parliamentary democracy
- Currency
- Czech crown (CZK) - "koruna"
- Area
- 78,866 sq km
- Population
- 10,235,455 (July 2006 est.)
- Language
- Czech
- Religion
- agnostic and atheist 59%, Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%
- Electricity
- 230V/50Hz (European plug)
- Calling Code
- 420
- Internet TLD
- .cz
- Time Zone
- UTC +1
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Facts about Slovenia
- Capital
- Ljubljana
- Government
- parliamentary democratic republic
- Currency
- € euro (EUR)
- Area
- 20,273 sq km
- Population
- 2,010,347 (July 2006 est.)
- Language
- Slovenian, Italian, and Hungarian (minorities)
- Religion
- Roman Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Eastern Orthodox 2.3%, Protestant 0.9%, atheist 10.1%, other and unknown 26.5%
- Electricity
- 230V/50Hz (European plug)
- Calling Code
- 386
- Internet TLD
- .si
- Time Zone
- UTC +2
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Facts about Greece
- Capital
- Athens
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Area
- 131,940 sq km
- Population
- 10,688,058 (July 2006 est.)
- Language
- Greek 99% (official)
- Religion
- Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
- Electricitye
- 230V/50Hz (European plug
- Calling Code
- +30
- Internet TLD
- .gr
- Time Zone
- UTC +2
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Facts about Hungary
- Capital
- Budapest
- Government
- Parliamentary democracy
- Currency
- Forint (HUF)
- Area
- 93,030 km2, water: 690 km2, land: 92,340 km2
- Population
- 9,981,334 (July 2006 est.)
- Language
- Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%
- Religion
- Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and other 7.5%
- Electricity
- 230V/50Hz (European plug)
- Calling Code
- +36
- Internet TLD
- .hu
- Time Zone
- UTC +1
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Facts about Belarus
- Capital
- Minsk
- Government
- Republic (de facto dictatorship)
- Currency
- Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR)
- Area
- 207,600 km2
- Population
- 10,293,011 (July 2006 est.)
- Language
- Belarusian, Russian, Polish, other
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20%
- Electricity
- 230V/50Hz (European plug)
- Calling Code
- +375
- Internet TLD
- .by
- Time Zone
- UTC +2
Facts about Lithuania
- Capital
- Vilnius
- Government
- Parliamentary democracy
- Currency
- Litas (LTL)
- Area
- 65,200 km2
- Population
- 3,585,906 (July 2006 est.)
- Language
- Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian
- Religion
- Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish
- Electricity
- 220V/50Hz (European plug)
- Calling Code
- +370
- Internet TLD
- .lt
- Time Zone
- UTC +2
Facts about Latvia
- Capital
- Riga
- Government
- parliamentary democracy
- Currency
- Latvian lat (LVL)
- Area
- 64,589 sq km
- Population
- 2,274,735 (July 2006 est.)
- Language
- Latvian (official), Russian (widely spoken and understood, especially in Riga), Lithuanian, other
- Religion
- Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Catholic, Muslim, Jewish
- Electricity
- 220V/50Hz (European plug)
- Calling Code
- +371
- Internet TLD
- .lv
- Time Zone
- UTC +2
Facts about Russia
- Capital
- Moscow
- Government
- Federation
- Currency
- Russian ruble (RUR)
- Area
- 17,075,200 km2
- 141,377,752 (July 2007 est.)
- Language
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox, Muslim, other
- Electricity
- 230V/50Hz (European plug)
- Calling Code
- +7
- Internet TLD
- .ru
- Time Zone
- UTC +2 to +12
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Facts about Estonia
- Capital
- Tallinn
- Government
- Parliamentary republic
- Currency
- Estonian kroon (EEK)
- Area
- 45,226 sq km
- Population
- 1,324,333 (July 2006 est.)
- Language
- Estonian (official), Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, other
- Religion
- Evangelical Lutheran, Estonian Traditional/Native Belief, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox
- Electricity
- 220V/50Hz (European plug)
- Calling Code
- +372
- Internet TLD
- .ee
- Time Zone
- UTC +2
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