Syrian Arab Republic الجمهورية العربية السورية العراقية Aljumhuriat Alearabiat Alssuriat Aleiraqia | |
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Anthem: "حماة الديار" (
Arabic) Humat ad-Diyar Guardians of the Homeland | |
Capital |
Damascus 33°30′N 36°18′E / 33.500°N 36.300°E |
Largest city | Baghdad |
Official languages | Arabic |
Government | Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic |
Bashar al-Assad | |
Imad Khamis | |
Hadiya Khalaf Abbas | |
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri | |
Legislature | People's Council |
Establishment | |
• Syrian independence from
France | 24 October 1945 |
• Iraqi independence from the
United Kingdom | 14 July 1958 |
• Syrian secession from the
United Arab Republic | 28 September 1961 |
8 March 1963 | |
•
Iraqi coup succeeds and
Iraqi Ba'athist party takes power | 17 July 1968 |
•
Ba'athist Iraqi government is overthrown by the
United States | 20 March 2003 |
• Caliphate of the
Islamic State is formed | 29 June 2014 |
• The
Islamic State destroys northern
Iraqi government | 30 January 2017 |
•
Syria pushes back the
Islamic State from its borders | 8 March 2017 |
15 March 2017 | |
Area | |
• Total | 622,252 km2 (240,253 sq mi) ( 19th) |
• Water (%) | 2.3 |
Population | |
• November 2016 estimate | 57,308,515 ( 23th) |
• Density | 137/km2 (354.8/sq mi) ( 24th) |
GDP ( PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $522.761 billion |
• Per capita | $17,950 |
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $238.964 billion |
• Per capita | $9,021 |
Gini (2016) | 63.7 very high |
HDI (2016) | 0.712 Error: Invalid HDI value ( 104th) |
Currency | Syrian pound ( SYP) |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( AST) |
• Summer (
DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code |
+963 +964 (Iraq region) |
ISO 3166 code | SY |
Internet TLD |
.sy سوريا. |