Syria: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 34.81491 / longitude: 38.92301

General information

Geography

185,180 km² make up the entire country, a postcode system isn't employed and the key cities are: دمشق, الباب, القامشلي, دمشق, Nusaybin. Here are the different languages spoken in the country: Arabic. Damascus serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey.

Population

With a birth growth rate at 6.39%, the median age is 23.50 years. There are 18,564,000 people here, or 0.25% of the world's population.

Education

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

Economy

The local currency (SYP) is represented by the symbol £.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites: Ancient City of Damascus, Ancient City of Aleppo, Ancient City of Bosra, Site of Palmyra, Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din. Interesting food you need to try here: Kibbeh.

Good to know

For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria. Telephone numbers begin with +963, the ISO code is SY, the domain name ".sy" is used by the country's websites

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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