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Athens
The province of Attica, which has been settled at least since 3,000 B.C., was where
the classic Greek Attic dialect originated. Attica includes the capital, Athens
(Athinai), which is surrounded by the largest metropolitan area in Greece, and Piraeus,
Greece's chief port. Greater Athens includes forty-one municipalities and fifteen
communes. It is the hub of Greece's import and export activity and the center of
the largest industrial complex in the country, featuring a wide variety of light
and heavy manufacturing enterprises. Average personal income for Athenians is higher
than the national average.
Athens is not what it used to be. It is better. What they have done to Athens to
prepare for the Olympics is turn a city, known for its faults as much as its assets,
into one of the most walkable, livable, exciting, art, music and entertainment centers
in the world. By unifying all the antiquities with parks and pedestrian streets
and avenues and tying them in with the nightlife.
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