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| - Official name | |
| Syria Arab Republic | |
| - Capital | |
| Damascus (Dimashq), (pop. about 5 millions) | |
| - Main port | |
| Lattakia on the north coast (pop. about 250 thousands). | |
| Second port is tartus. | |
| - Additional urban centers | |
| Aleppo (pop. about 1.5 million) | |
| Homs (pop. about 500 thousands) | |
| Hama (pop. about 200 thousands) | |
| - Population | |
| About 16.5 Milions | |
| - Population density | |
| About 63 persons per sq. km | |
| - Population profile | |
| Mainly Arab ( about 90%), with Kurdish and Armenian minorities | |
| - Land area | |
| 185,180 sq. km | |
| - Highest point | |
| Mount Hermon 2814 meters | |
| - Languages | |
| Arabic with Kurdish spoken in the north | |
| English is widely under stood as a second languages | |
| - Currency | |
| Syrian pound (local name lira) divided into 100 piastres (qirsh) | |
| Banknotes are in units of 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 | |
| - Government | |
| Republic, legislated by the People's Assembly | |
| Divided into 14 governorates | |
| - Head of State | |
| President Hafez Al-Assad | |
| - Official religion |
| Islam is practiced by 86% of the population, most of which are Sunnite Muslims |
| most of the rest of the population practice Christianity, in a number of varying sectors |
| - International dialing code |
| +963 |
| - Time zone |
| GMT +2 |
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