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Area > Comparative slightly larger than North Dakota
Area > Land	184,050 sq km		[87th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	185,180 sq km		[93rd of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Damascus - 1,549,932
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	2.5%		[177th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	35 00 N, 38 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon 375 km, Turkey 822 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	24.8%		[37th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Damascus
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	2,036,000		[50th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Damascus - 1,549,932
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Middle East
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Population density	93.53 people per sqkm		[102nd of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	103.62 people/m²		[83rd of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	143 mm		[90th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	185,180 km²		[87th of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Mount Hermon
Source: World Development Indicators database

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