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Syria
Full country name:
Syrian Arab Republic
Area:
1, 185,180 sq. km (71,498 sq. miles)
Population:
17,213,871 (July 1999 est.) note: in addition, there are about 37,200 people living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 18,200 Arabs (16,500 Druze and 1,700 Alawites) and about 19,000 Israeli settlers (August 1998 est.)
Capital city
Damascus (population: 1,444,138 in 1994)
People:
Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%
Language:
Arabic
Religion:
Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
