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Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey
Industries: petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, car assembly
Geography: there are 42 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (August 2005 est.)
Area: total: 185,180 sq km
land: 184,050 sq km
water: 1,130 sq km
Budget: revenues: $8.848 billion
expenditures: $11.21 billion (2007 est.)
Languages: Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood
National Holiday: Independence Day, 17 April (1946)
Currency (Code): Syrian pound (SYP)
Capital: Damascus
Population: 19,747,586 (July 2008 est.)
Labor Force: 5.462 million (2007 est.)
Exports: $10.58 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports: $12.38 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Internet Country Code: .sy
Airports: 90 (2007) / Paved Runways: 26
Aircraft Departures: 13,600 |
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