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Syrian Arab Republic ٱلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلسُّورِيَّةُ (Arabic) <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah | |
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Anthem: | |
Capital and largest city | Damascus 33°30′N 36°18′E / 33.500°N 36.300°E / 33.500; 36.300 |
Official languages | Arabic |
Ethnic groups | 90% Arab 10% Other |
Religion | 87% Islam 10% Christianity 3% Druze |
Demonym(s) | Syrian |
Government | Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential Ba’athist republic under an authoritarian hereditary dictatorship |
Bashar al-Assad | |
Hussein Arnous | |
Hammouda Sabbagh | |
Legislature | People's Council |
Establishment | |
8 March 1920 | |
• State of Syria under French mandate | 1 December 1924 |
14 May 1930 | |
• De jure Independence | 24 October 1945 |
• De facto Independence | 17 April 1946 |
• Left the United Arab Republic | 28 September 1961 |
8 March 1963 | |
27 February 2012 | |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (87th) |
• Water (%) | 1.1 |
Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 17,500,657 (66th) |
• 2010 census | 21,018,834 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (70th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | $50.28 billion |
• Per capita | $2,900 |
GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate |
• Total | $24.6 billion (167) |
• Per capita | $831 |
Gini (2014) | 55.8 high |
HDI (2019) | 0.567 medium · 151st |
Currency | Syrian pound (SYP) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +963 |
ISO 3166 code | SY |
Internet TLD | .sy سوريا. |
Syria is a country in the Middle East, the west part of Asia. It borders (from south to north) on Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey. Its western part faces the Mediterranean Sea and it shares a maritime border with Cyprus. Its eastern and northern parts are mountainous.