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. Damascus is the nation's capital and the country has a border with Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey. People from this country speak these languages: Arabic.

Culture

Here is a list of famous dishes in this country: Kibbeh. You can find some UNESCO listed places: Ancient City of Damascus, Ancient City of Aleppo, Ancient City of Bosra, Site of Palmyra, Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din.

Population

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

Education

The inhabitants stay 9 years in school (tertiary education included).

Economy

The currency symbol is £, and the ISO code for that currency is SYP.

Good to know

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria is a good place to find out more details on this country. The country's ISO code is SY, telephone numbers begin with +963, 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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