Syrian Arab Republic ٱلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلسُّورِيَّةُ (Arabic)al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah |
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Motto: وَحْدَةٌ ، حُرِّيَّةٌ ، اِشْتِرَاكِيَّةٌ
Waḥdah, Ḥurrīyah, Ishtirākīyah
("Unity, Freedom, Socialism") |
Anthem: حُمَاةَ الدِّيَارِ
Ḥumāt ad-Diyār
("Guardians of the Homeland") |
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| Capital and largest city | Damascus
33°30′N36°18′E / 33.500°N 36.300°E / 33.500; 36.300 |
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| Official languages | Arabic[1] |
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| Ethnic groups | 90% Arab
10% Other |
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| Religion | 87% Islam
10% Christianity[3]
3% Druze[4] |
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| Demonym(s) | Syrian |
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| Government | Unitarydominant-partysemi-presidentialBa’athistrepublic under an authoritarianhereditary dictatorship[5] |
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| Bashar al-Assad |
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| Hussein Arnous |
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| Hammouda Sabbagh |
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| Legislature | People's Council |
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| 8 March 1920 |
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| 1 December 1924 |
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| 14 May 1930 |
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• De jure Independence | 24 October 1945 |
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| 17 April 1946 |
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| 28 September 1961 |
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| 8 March 1963 |
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| 27 February 2012 |
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• Total | 185,180[6] km2 (71,500 sq mi) (87th) |
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• Water (%) | 1.1 |
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• 2020 estimate | 17,500,657 (66th) |
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• 2010 census | 21,018,834 |
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• Density | 118.3/km2 (306.4/sq mi) (70th) |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
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• Total | $50.28 billion[3] |
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• Per capita | $2,900[3] |
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| GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate |
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• Total | $24.6 billion[3] (167) |
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• Per capita | $831[3] |
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| Gini (2014) | 55.8[7]
high |
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| HDI (2019) |  0.567[8]
medium · 151st |
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| Currency | Syrian pound (SYP) |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
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| UTC+3 (EEST) |
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| Driving side | right |
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| Calling code | +963 |
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| ISO 3166 code | SY |
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| Internet TLD | .sy
سوريا. |
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