China is now the biggest potato producer, and almost a third of all potatoes is harvested in China and India. Asia and Europe are the world's major potato producing regions, accounting for more than 80 percent of world production in 2007.
The one official language of Greece is Modern Greek. Ancient Greek was spoken in ancient times. Many changes and simplifications have occured to Ancient Greek to form today's Modern Greek. The Jewish minority speaks Ladino. The Muslim minority speaks Bulgarian, Romani, or Turkish. Other minority languages are Albanian, Macedonian, and Romanian.
The Capital City of Greece (officially named Hellenic Republic) is the city of Athens. The population of Athens in the year 2001 was 745,514 (3,761,810 in the metropolitan area). Greece is a Greek speaking country on the coasts of the (Aegean sea, Lonian Sea (parts of the eastern Mediterranean Sea.