| Official
Name : |
AL-JUMHURIYA AL-ARABYA AS-SURIYAH (Syrian Arab Republic) |
| Total
Area: |
185,180 square kilometres (including 1295 square kilometres Israeli occupied -as at 2011). |
| Population: |
22.5 million (est July 2011 estimate) Includes about 19,000 Israeli squatters in the Golan Heights. |
| Languages: |
Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramic, Cicassian, French, English. |
| Religions: |
Sunni Muslin 74%, other Muslim sects 15%, Christian 10%. |
| Capital: |
Damascus (Dimashq). Population 2,5 million (2009) |
| Currency: |
Syrian pound, divided into 100 piastres. |
| Independant: |
1946, from France -at the end of the French mandate. |
| Geography: |
The fertile western coastal strip is well watered, intensely cultivated and densely inhabited. Eastward are the Alawite and ash-Sharqi mountain ranges divided by the Orontes river, and beyond this lies the eastern reaches of the Syrian Desert. 27% of the land is arable, and 3% is forested. |
| Flag: |
The first modern flag of Syria was adopted in 1920, when Syria became a French mandated territory. This flag was similar to the current flag of Jordan with the green and white colors reversed. Syria has had six national flags (of four distinct designs) since independence from France in 1946.
To print flag below, right-click and select "open image in new window", then print in landscape mode. Flag ratio is 2:3. |
