present-day Syria

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Country
gptkbp:areaTotalKm2 185180
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Jordan
gptkb:Lebanon
gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Damascus
gptkbp:climate Mediterranean, arid, semi-arid
gptkbp:continent gptkb:Asia
gptkbp:currency Syrian pound
gptkbp:dialCode +963
gptkbp:drivesOn right
gptkbp:formerColonyOf gptkb:France
gptkbp:GDP $60 billion (2022 est.)
gptkbp:governmentType unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic
gptkbp:HDI 0.577 (2021)
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Mount_Hermon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label present-day Syria
gptkbp:independenceDate 17 April 1946
gptkbp:internetTLD .sy
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code SY
SYR
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Damascus
gptkbp:legislature People's Council of Syria
gptkbp:lowestPoint Lake Tiberias
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Euphrates
Orontes
gptkbp:majorCity Aleppo
Deir ez-Zor
Hama
Homs
Latakia
gptkbp:nationalAnthem Humat ad-Diyar
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Syrian_Arab_Republic
gptkbp:populationEstimate approximately 22 million (2023)
gptkbp:president Bashar al-Assad
gptkbp:primeMinister Hussein Arnous
gptkbp:publicHolidayIn Evacuation Day (April 17)
gptkbp:region gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:symbol Hawk of Quraish
gptkbp:timezone EET (UTC+2)
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Ancient City of Aleppo
Ancient City of Bosra
Ancient City of Damascus
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
Site of Palmyra
gptkbp:UNMemberSince yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eyalet_of_Sidon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7