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Syria

Middle East

Syrian Arab Republic

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📍 Essential Info

CapitalDamascus

TimezoneUTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Population24.3M

Governmenttransitional presidential republic

🔌 Practical Info

Driving SideRight

Electrical PlugsVaries

Internet Code.sy

Internet Users35%

GDP per Capita$4,200

🌍 Geography

LocationMiddle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey

Size Comparisonslightly more than 1.5 times the size of Pennsylvania

Climatemostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus

Terrainprimarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west

👥 People & Culture

Ethnic GroupsArab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian)

ReligionsMuslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3%

Median Age24.5 years

Life Expectancy74.8 years

National HolidayIndependence Day (Evacuation Day), 17 April (1946)

Cultural Information

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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook