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Syria - The Motherland
Additional Information & Links
Syria - The Motherland
Additional Information & Links
To read about the history of Syria on Wikipedia, Click here.
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Click here to visit the official Syrian Tourism Ministry site.
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Syrian Arab Republic |
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Anthem
Homat el Diyar
Guardians of the Homeland |
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Capital(and largest city) |
Damascus
33°30' N, 36°18' E |
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Official Language |
Arabic |
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Government
- President
- Prime Minister |
Presidential Republic
Bashar al-Assad
Muhammad Naji Etri |
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Independence
- First declaration
- Second declaration
- Recognized |
From France
September 1936
January 1, 1944
April 17, 1946 |
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Area
- Total
- Water (%) |
13,885 km2 (88th)
71,479 sq mi
0.06 |
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Population
- July 2007 Estimate
- Density |
19,314,747(55th)
103 /km2 (96th)
267 /sq mi |
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GDP (PPP)
- Total
- Per capita |
2005 estimate
$71.74 billion (65th)
$5,348 (101st) |
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HDI 2004 |
0.716 (medium)
(107th) |
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Currency |
Syrian pound (SYP) |
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Time zone
- Summer (DST) |
EET (UTC+2)
EEST (UTC+3) |
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Internet TLD |
.sy |
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Calling code |
+963 |
| The above information was sited from Wikipedia |
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