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Syria,
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| Official
Name : |
AL-JUMHURIYA
AL-ARABYA AS-SURIYAH (Syrian Arab Republic) |
| Land
Area: |
185,180
square kilometres (including 1295 square kilometres Israeli occupied). |
| Population: |
18,449,000
(est July 2005). Includes approx 20,000 Israeli squatters in the Golan Heights. |
| Languages: |
Arabic
(official), Kurdish, Amenian, Aramic, Cicassian, French, English. |
| Religions: |
Sunni Muslin 74%, other Muslim sects 15%, Christian 10%. |
| Capital: |
Damascus
(Dimashq). Population 2,900,000 |
| Currency: |
Syrian
pound, divided into 100 piastres. |
| Independant: |
1946,
from France. |
| Geography: |
The
fertile western coastal strip is well watered, intensly cultivated and densely
inhabited. Eastward are the Alawite and ash-Sharqi mountain ranges divided by
the Orontes river, and beyond this lies the eastern reaches of the Syrian Desert.
27% of the land is arable, and 3% is forested. |
| National
Flag - Ratio 2:3 |
Climate
in Damascus - elev. 720m/2360ft |
Position
in the Middle East |
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