Syrie

Sirie, offeecially the Sirie Arab Republic الجمهورية العربية السورية‎, is a kintra in Wastren Asie, borderin Lebanon an the Mediterranean Sea tae the wast, Turkey tae the north, Iraq tae the east, Jordan tae the sooth, an Israel tae the soothwast.

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′N 36°18′E
Offeecial leids	Arabic
Ethnic groups	Sirie Arabs Arameans Kurds Turkomans Assyrians Circassians Armenians
Releegion	87% Islam 10% Christianity 3% Druzism[1]Template:Update inline
Govrenment	Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic[2]
• Preses	Vacant
• Prime Meenister	Vacant
• Speaker o the Fowk's Cooncil	Vacant
Legislatur	Fowk's Cooncil
Establishment
• Proclamation o Arab Kinrick o Sirie	8 Mairch 1920
• State o Sirie established unner French Mandate	1 December 1924
• Sirie Republic established 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
• Secession frae the Unitit Arab Republic	28 September 1961
• Ba'ath pairty taks pouer	8 Mairch 1963
• Current constitution	27 Februar 2012
Aurie
• Total	185,180[3] km2 (71,500 sq mi) (87th)
• Water (%)	1.1
Population
• July 2014 estimate	17,064,854[4] (54t)
• Density	118.3/km2 (306.4/sq mi) (101st)
GDP (PPP)	2010 estimate
• Total	$107.831 billion[5]
• Per capita	$5,040[5]
GDP (nominal)	2010 estimate
• Tot	$59.957 billion[5]
• Per capita	$2,802[5]
Gini (2014)	55.8[6] heich
HDI (2016)	0.536[7] 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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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 Sirie an Destricts o Sirie

Relatit page: Leet o ceeties in Sirie

Sirie is dividit intae fowerteen govrenorates, or muhafazat (singular: muhafazah). The govrenorates are dividit intae a total o saxty destricts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), which are further dividit intae sub-destricts, or nawahi (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 caipital Damascus is the seicont lairgest ceety in Sirie, an the metropolitan aurie is a govrenorate on 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 the UNESCO as a Warld Heritage Steid. Latakia (population 554,000) alang wi Tartus are Sirie's main ports on the Mediterranean sea. Ither major ceeties include Hama (population 696,863) in central o Sirie, Homs (population 1,033,000) in the sooth o Hama an Deir ez-Zor (population 230,000) on the Euphrates river in eastren Sirie.