Summary Fact Sheet |
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Official
Name |
Syrian Arab Republic |
Capital
City |
Damascus |
Type of
Government |
Single-party Socialist State |
Population |
16.6 million |
Area |
185,150 sq. km |
Major
Ethnic Groups |
Arab, Kurdish, Armenian |
Languages |
Arabic, Kurdish, Armenian |
Religions |
Islam, Christianity |
Unit of
Currency |
Syrian Pound (or Lira) |
National
Flag |
Three horizontal bands of red, white
and black, with two five-pointed green stars on the middle white band |
Date of
Independence |
April 17, 2022 |
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Did you know? |
Syria
is part of an area known as the Levant, which also includes Lebanon. Levant
means "rising" in French, and refers to the sunrise, because these countries
are east of the Mediterranean. The word came into use during the 1920s
and 1930s, when the French ruled Syria and Lebanon. |
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