Syria
Syria is in Western Asia, with its capital at Damascus and an area of about 185,180 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Capital
- Damascus
- Region
- Asia · Western Asia
- Area
- 185,180 km²
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currencies
- Syrian pound (SYP)
- Natural resources
- petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower
- Industries
- petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, automobile assembly
- Main exports
- olive oil, phosphates, spice seeds, cotton, tomatoes
First-level divisions (15)
- Al-Hasakah
- Aleppo
- Deir ez-Zor
- Latakia
- Al-Raqqah
- As-Suwayda
- Damascus
- Hama
- Homs
- Idlib
- Rif Dimashq
- Tartus
- Daraa
- Quneitra
- Western al-Samadania
Major cities
- Aleppo (population 2,738,000)
- Damascus (population 2,466,000)
- Homs (population 1,005,000)
- Latakia (population 539,147)
- Douma (population 496,145)
- Hama (population 460,602)
- Deir ez-Zor (population 309,141)
- Raqqa (population 177,636)
- Tartus (population 162,980)
- Daraa (population 146,481)
- Idlib (population 128,840)
- Al-Hasakah (population 128,100)
- Manbij (population 120,169)
- Qamishli (population 104,107)
- Al-Thawrah (population 87,880)