Facts
Population: 17.500 Million
President: Bashar al-Assad
Capital: Damascus
Area: 185,180 km2 (71,500 sq mi)
Constitution: April 17, 1946
Did you know...
...that Damascus is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world?
...that the two stars in the Syrian Flag represent the previous union between Syria and Egypt?
...that the largest lake in Syria is man-made?