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Find information on almost all places in Syria. Whether you are looking for information on regions in Syria or information on cities and places in Syria, this website is the right place in the web to start your search.

Facts and figures about Syria at a glance

Syria is a sovereign country on the continent of Asia. Syria covers a total area of 185,180.0 km² and has a population of approximately 22,198,110 people.

The capital of Syria is Damascus (Damascus) with a population of 1,569,394 people.

Facts and figures about Syria
Country	Code	Area	Population	P/km²
Syria	SY	185,180.0 km²	22,198,110 people	119.9

Population density in Syria
Population density
119.9 p/km² (low)	Syria: Low population density

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Information on Syria

Information on Syria
Name	Official name	Code	Status	Regions	Capital	Continent
Syria	Syrian Arab Republic	SY	Sovereign country	14	Damascus Damascus	Asia

Time in Syria

Time in Syria
Current time	Summer time (DST)	Standard time	Current timezone offset	Timezone
Sat, 25 Mar 2023 - 2:51am	No	Sat, 25 Mar 2023 - 2:51am	UTC +2.0	Asia/Damascus

Currency in Syria

Currency in Syria
Currency	Abbreviation
Pound	SYP

Languages in Syria

Languages in Syria
Languages
Arabic, Armenian, English, French, Kurdish

Neighbouring countries of Syria

Neighbouring countries of Syria
Neighbouring countries
Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey Show neighbouring countries of Syria in map.

Telecommunication in Syria

Telecommunication in Syria
International calling code	Internet top level domain (TLD)
+963	.sy

Latitude & Longitude of Syria

Latitude & Longitude of Syria
Position	Latitude (width)	Longitude (length)
Show on map	35°00'00.0"N (35.0000000°)	38°00'00.0"E (38.0000000°)

Regions in Syria

Regions in Syria
Regions
There are 14 primary administrative regions in Syria. Have a closer look at the regions in Syria.

Largest places in Syria

There are 10 places in Syria with a population of more than 100,000 people.

Largest places in Syria
Place	No	Population
Aleppo Aleppo	1.	1,602,264
Damascus Damascus	2.	1,569,394
Homs Homs	3.	775,404
Hamah Ḩamāh	4.	460,602
Latakia Latakia	5.	340,181
Deir ez-Zor Deir ez-Zor	6.	242,565
Ar Raqqah Ar Raqqah	7.	177,636
Al Bab Al Bāb	8.	130,745
Idlib Idlib	9.	128,840
Douma Douma	10.	111,864

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External sources of information on Syria

Syria on Wikipedia

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If you prefer you can search any place in Syria by first letter. Just click on the respective first letter in the index of places in Syria. All places in Syria starting with this letter will be listed. Also sometimes the full name of a certain place maybe unknown. Then this search option may also be usefull for searching such places in Syria.

Follow the hierarchy in Syria

You can click your way through the hierarchy starting from the continent Asia, over a region in Syria to a certain place or city in Syria, as all places and cities in Syria are linked hierarchically to each other. The actual hierarchy is always displayed in the breadcrumb navigation, so you can always see exactly where you are.