Area > A note
includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory |
Area > Comparative to US places
slightly larger than North Dakota |
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DEFINITION: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres). |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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Capital city with population
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Damascus - 1,549,932 |
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DEFINITION: Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Forested Land
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2.5% |
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[177th of 193]
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DEFINITION: Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO |
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites. |
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Geographic coordinates
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35 00 N, 38 00 E |
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DEFINITION: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources. |
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SOURCE: FAO |
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land border lengths > P-S > Number of neighbours
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5
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[12th of 26]
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DEFINITION:
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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land border lengths > P-S > Total Borders
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2,253 km
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[12th of 27]
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DEFINITION:
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of land border lengths
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Largest city
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Damascus |
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DEFINITION: The city with the highest population |
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of land border lengths
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Largest city population
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2,036,000 |
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[50th of 174]
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DEFINITION: The population of the country's largest city |
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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Largest city with population
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Damascus - 1,549,932 |
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DEFINITION: Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified. |
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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northernmost point > Latitude
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37°19'N |
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites. |
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Population density
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93.53 people per sqkm |
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[102nd of 256]
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DEFINITION: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42. |
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point
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Population density > people per sq. km
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103.62 people/m²
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[83rd of 204]
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DEFINITION: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. |
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SOURCE: Heal The World Foundation. |
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Precipitation
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143 mm |
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[90th of 95]
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DEFINITION: Average Annual Precipitation in Largest City (mm, 1931-1960) |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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193.05 people/km² of arable lan |
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[39th of 188]
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DEFINITION: Rural population density is the rural population divided by the arable land area. Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. |
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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Surface area > sq. km
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185,180 km²
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[87th of 206]
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DEFINITION: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Mount Hermon |
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DEFINITION:
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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