Syria: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 34.81491 / longitude: 38.92301

General information

Population

There are 18,564,000 inhabitants, or 0.25% of the population of planet earth. The median age of the population is 23.50 years with a birth growth rate of 6.39%.

Education

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

Geography

People from this country speak these languages: Arabic. This nation's capital is Damascus and the country shares a border with Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey. 185,180 km² make up the entire country, they don't use a postcode system and the key cities are: دمشق, الباب, القامشلي, دمشق, Nusaybin.

Economy

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

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. Example of famous dishes in this country: Kibbeh.

Good to know

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

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