Syria: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 34.81491 / longitude: 38.92301

General information

Population

In this country, the median age is 23.50 years and the birth growth rate is around 6.39%. There are 18,564,000 inhabitants, or 0.25% of the population of planet earth.

Economy

The currency ISO code is SYP and the currency symbol is £.

Geography

The capital of this country is Damascus and the country has a border with Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey. The inhabitants speak the following languages: Arabic. The area of the country is 185,180 km², a postcode system isn't employed and the main cities are: دمشق, الباب, القامشلي, دمشق, Nusaybin.

Education

On average citizens spend 9 years in school (including higher education).

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: Ancient City of Damascus, Ancient City of Aleppo, Ancient City of Bosra, Site of Palmyra, Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din. Well known national dishes are: Kibbeh.

Good to know

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria is a good place to find out more details on this country. The domain name ".sy" is used by the country's websites, phone numbers start with +963, the country's ISO code is SY

Summary

Flag
ISO code SY
Capital Damascus
Population 18,564,000
World percentage 0.25%
Median age 23.50 years
Population growth rate 6.39%
Main cities
Borders
Spoken languages Arabic
Currency code SYP
Currency symbol £
School life expectancy 9 years
National dish Kibbeh
TLD .sy
Phone prefix +963
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria

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