General information

  • Area: 185,180 km2
  • Capital: Damascus
  • Population: 18,448,752  (2005)
  • Administrative divisions: Syria has thirteen governorates
  • Official language: Arabic
  • Spoken languages: Arabic, Kurdish, Armenian, Aramean
  • Ethnic groups: 75% Sunni Arab , 10% Christian, 10% Kurdish, Armenian, 5% other
  • Currency: Syrian Pound (SYP)
  • Religion:  80% Muslim (Sunni), 10% Christian, 10% other
  • Political system: republic
  • Prime Minister: Mohammad Naji Otri
  • Head of State: Bashar Al-Assad (since 2000)
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs: Walid Al-Moallem
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