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Syrian Arab Republic الجمهورية العربية السورية al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah |
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| Capital and largest city |
Damascus 33°30′N 36°18′E / 33.500°N 36.300°E / 33.500; 36.300 |
| Official languages | Arabic |
| Ethnic groups |
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| Religion | 87% Islam 13% Christianity |
| Government | Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic |
| • President | Bashar al-Assad |
| • Prime Minister | Imad Khamis |
| • Speaker of the People’s Council | Hammouda Sabbagh |
| Legislature | People’s Council |
| Establishment | |
| • Proclamation of Arab Kingdom of Syria | 8 March 1920 |
| • State of Syria established under French Mandate | 1 December 1924 |
| • Syrian Republic established by merger of States of Jabal Druze, Alawites and Syria | 1930 |
| • Independence (Joint UN / French Mandate ended) | 24 October 1945 |
| • Last French troops leave |
17 April 1946 |
| • Secession from the United Arab Republic |
28 September 1961 |
| • Ba’ath party takes power |
8 March 1963 |
| • Current constitution | 27 February 2012 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 185,180 km2 (71,500 sq mi) (87th) |
| • Water (%) | 1.1 |
| Population | |
| • July 2014 estimate | 17,064,854 (54th) |
| • Density | 118.3/km2 (306.4/sq mi) (101st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
| • Total | $107.831 billion |
| • Per capita | $5,040 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
| • Total | $59.957 billion |
| • Per capita | $2,802 |
| Gini (2014) | 55.8 high |
| HDI (2016) | 0.536 low · 149th |
| Currency | Syrian pound (SYP) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Drives on the | right |
| Calling code | +963 |
| ISO 3166 code | SY |
| Internet TLD |
.sy |
