SYRIA
General Information
- Capital: Damascus
- Location: Asia [North: Turkey | East: Iraq | West: Mediterranean Sea & Lebanon | South: Jordan & Iraq & Palestine / Israel]
- Area: 185,180 Sq Km
- GMT: + 2
- Currency: 1 U.S. $= 46 Syrian Pound (January 2011)
- Population: 22,198,110 (July 2010)
- Climate: Hot Dry Sunny Summers From June To August | Mild Rainy Winters From December To February Along Coast | Cold Weather (Snow) In December
- Languages: Arabic (Official) | English (Understood Among Business Circles) | French (Understood Among Business Circles)
- GDP: Purchasing Power Parity: $106.4 billion (2008)
- Exports: Crude Oil, Petroleum Products, Fruits & Vegetables, Cotton Fiber, Clothing, Meat & Live Animals and Wheat
- Imports: Machinery, Transport Equipment, Electrical Power Machinery, Food & Livestock, Metal & Metal Products, Chemicals & Chemical Products, Plastics, Yarn and Paper