facts about syria. location syria is located in southwestern asia it’s bordered by turkey on the...
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Capital: Damascus Largest city: Aleppo Population (July 2014): 17,951,639 Area: 185,180 km 2TRANSCRIPT
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Facts about Syria
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Location
• Syria is located in Southwestern Asia• it’s bordered by Turkey on the north, Lebanon
and Israel on the west, Iraq on the east, and Jordan on the south
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• Capital: Damascus
• Largest city: Aleppo
• Population (July 2014): 17,951,639
• Area: 185,180 km2
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• President: Bashar al-Assad
• Prime minister: Wael Nader al-Halgi
• GDP: $59.957 billion
• Currency: Syrian pound
• Official language: Arabic
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• Religion:– Sunni Muslims 74%– Shia Muslims 13%– Christians 10%– Others 3%
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Economy of Syria
• Agriculture – olive oil– vegetables
• Oil
• Tourism
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Civil war
• inspired by Arabic spring movement
• since 2011.
• Al-Assad vs. rebeles against his regime
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvOnXh3NN9w