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Capital city
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Damascus |
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Corruption
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3.4 |
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[74th of 160]
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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10% |
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[66th of 143]
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Procedures to build a warehouse > number
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20
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...
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[47th of 168]
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Procedures to enforce a contract > number
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47
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...
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[29th of 170]
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Procedures to register property > number
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4
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...
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[144th of 167]
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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12 %
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...
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[102nd of 174]
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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12
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...
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[40th of 171]
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Status
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dictatorship |
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Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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134 days
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...
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[128th of 168]
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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872 days
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...
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[21st of 171]
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Time required to register property > days
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34 days
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...
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[109th of 167]
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Time required to start a business > days
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43 days
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...
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[68th of 171]
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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336 hours
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...
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[51st of 169]
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Time to resolve insolvency > years
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4.1 years
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...
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[32nd of 151]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Golan Heights is Israeli-occupied with the almost 1,000-strong UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) patrolling a buffer zone since 1964; lacking a treaty or other documentation describing the boundary, portions of the Lebanon-Syria boundary are unclear with several sections in dispute; since 2000, Lebanon has claimed Shaba'a farms in the Golan Heights; 2004 Agreement and pending demarcation settles border dispute with Jordan; approximately two million Iraqis have fled the conflict in Iraq with the majority taking refuge in Syria and Jordan |
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UN membership date
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24 Oct. 1945 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.moi-syria.com/e_index.html
http://www.1upinfo.com/country-guide-study/syria/ |
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Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood
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Kalorama Heights |
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