Capital : Damascus
Official language : Arabic
Presidential republic :
- President : Bashar al-Assad
- Prime Minister : Muhammad Naji al-Otari
Area : 185,000 km²
Population :
- 19,400,000 inhabitants
- 103 inhabitants/km²Currency : Syrian pound
Geography
Syria has got several ports along the Mediteranean sea such as Latakia, Baniyas, Tartus and some huge cities like Aleppo, Hamah, Hims.
-Natural conditions :
In Northwestern Syria, the 'djebel Ansariyya' is a warm and humid coastal plain. The "Croissant ferile" is a grassy steppe where the rainfall rate is about 300mm/year.
- Economy :
In Northwestern Syria, mediteranean mixed-farming is done. In the "Croissant fertile" grow cereals, cotton and fruit. Wheat, barley, vegetables and tobacco are also cultivated. Moreover, Syria knows livestock farming. What is more, it has got resources of petroleum and gas.
In Northwestern Syria, mediteranean mixed-farming is done. In the "Croissant fertile" grow cereals, cotton and fruit. Wheat, barley, vegetables and tobacco are also cultivated. Moreover, Syria knows livestock farming. What is more, it has got resources of petroleum and gas.
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