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Middle East > Syria > Geography

SYRIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly larger than North Dakota
Capital city with population Damascus - 1,549,932
Forested Land 2.5% [177th of 193]
Largest city Damascus
Largest city population 2,036,000 [50th of 174]
Largest city with population Damascus - 1,549,932
Location
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey
Map references
Middle East
Maritime claims > Contiguous zone 24 nm [71st of 82]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nm [166th of 190]
Natural hazards dust storms, sandstorms
Natural resources
petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower
northernmost point > Latitude 37°19'N
Population density 93.53 people per sqkm [102nd of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 103.62 people/m² ... [83rd of 204]
Precipitation 143 mm [90th of 95]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 193.05 people/km² of arable lan ... [39th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 185,180 km² ... [87th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain Mount Hermon
Terrain
primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah

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