Syrian Arab Republic
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Capital
(and largest city)
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Damascus
33°30′N, 36°18′E
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Official Language
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Arabic
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Government
- President
- Prime Minister
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Presidential republic
Bashar al-Assad
Muhammad Naji Etri
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Independence
- First declaration
- Second declaration
- Recognized
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From France
September 19361
January 1, 1944
April 17, 1946
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Area
- Total
- Water (%)
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183,885 km² (88th)
71,479 sq mi
0.06
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Population
- July 2007 estimate
- Density
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19,314,747 (55th)
103 /km² (96th)
267 /sq mi
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GDP (PPP)
- Total
- Per capita
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2005 estimate
$71.74 billion (65th)
$5,348 (101st)
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HDI (2004)
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 0.716 (medium) (107th)
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Currency
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Syrian pound (SYP)
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Time zone
- Summer (DST)
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EET (UTC+2)
EEST (UTC+3)
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Internet TLD
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.sy
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Calling code
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+963
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The above information was sited from Wikipeida |
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Additional Information & Links
- To read about the history of Syria on Wikipedia, Click here.
- To read about Syria on Syrian History.com, an excellent source of history information and hundreds of historical pictures, click here.
- Check out what’s happening in Syria socially, on Souria.com.
- Click here to visit the official Syrian Tourism Ministry site.
- To read about various cities in Syria check out made-in-syria.com
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