General Information

Official name:                      The Syrian Arab Republic

Capital:                                  Damascus

Extent:                                   185 180 square kilometres

Population number:           18 016 874

Official language:                 Arab language

State organizatiuon:           Republic

Main religion:                       Sunnite Moslems (74%), Alavit Moslems (12%), Christians (10%), Druze Moslems (3%) and small number of Jews and other Moslem sects

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