Syrie

Sirie Arab Republic الجمهورية العربية السورية(Arabic) al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah
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Anthem:"حماة الديار"(Arabic) Humat ad-Diyar Gairdians o the Hameland
Caipital and largest city	Damascus 33°30′N36°18′E
Offeecial leids	Arabic
Ethnic groups	Sirie Arabs Arameans Kurds Turkomans Assyrians Circassians Armenians
Releegion	87%Islam 10%Christianity 3%DruzismTemplate:Update inline
Govrenment	Unitarydominant-partysemi-presidentialrepublic
•Preses	Bashar al-Assad
•Prime Meenister	Imad Khamis
•Speaker o the Fowk's Cooncil	Hammouda Sabbagh
Legislatur	Fowk's Cooncil
Establishment
• Proclamation o Arab Kinrick o Sirie	8 Mairch 1920
•State o Sirieestablished unner French Mandate	1 December 1924
•Sirie Republicestablished bi merger o States o Jabal Druze, Alawites an Sirie	1930
• Unthirldom (Jynt UN / French Mandate endit)	24 October 1945
• Last French truips leave	17 Apryle 1946
•Secessionfrae the Unitit Arab Republic	28 September 1961
•Ba'ath pairty taks pouer	8 Mairch 1963
•Current constitution	27 Februar 2012
Aurie
• Total	185,180km2(71,500 sq mi) (87th)
• Water (%)	1.1
Population
• July 2014 estimate	17,064,854(54t)
• 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
• Tot	$59.957 billion
• Per capita	$2,802
Gini(2014)	55.8 heich
HDI(2016)	0.536 law·149t
Currency	Sirie pound(SYP)
Time zone	UTC+2(EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3(EEST)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+963
ISO 3166 code	SY
Internet TLD	.sy سوريا.

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Sirie,offeecially theSirie Arab Republicالجمهورية العربية السورية‎,is a kintra inWastren Asie,borderinLebanonan theMediterranean Seatae the wast,Turkeytae the north,Iraqtae the east,Jordantae the sooth, anIsraeltae the soothwast.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Damascus

Rif Dimashq

Quneitra

Daraa

As-Suwayda

Homs

Tartus

Latakia

Hama

Idlib

Aleppo

Ar-Raqqah

Deir ez-Zor

Al-Hasakah

Main airticles:Govrenorates o SirieanDestricts o Sirie

Relatit page:Leet o ceeties in Sirie

Sirie is dividit intae fowerteengovrenorates,ormuhafazat(singular:muhafazah). The govrenorates are dividit intae a total o saxty destricts, ormanatiq(sing.mintaqah), which are further dividit intae sub-destricts, ornawahi(sing.nahiya).

A govrenor, whose appointment is proposed bi the meenister o the interior, approved bi the cabinet, an annoonced bi executive decree, heids each govrenorate. The govrenor is assistit bi an electit provincial cooncil.

The caipitalDamascusis the seicont lairgest ceety in Sirie, an the metropolitan aurie is agovrenorateon its awn. Aleppo(population 1,671,673) in northren Sirie, the lairgest ceety, is an' a' a major industrial, urban an cultural center.Aleppo's auld toun haes been designatit bi theUNESCOas aWarld Heritage Steid.Latakia(population 554,000) alang wiTartusare Sirie's main ports on the Mediterranean sea. Ither major ceeties includeHama(population 696,863) in central o Sirie,Homs(population 1,033,000) in the sooth o Hama anDeir ez-Zor(population 230,000) on theEuphrates riverin eastren Sirie.