Syria
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- SY
- ISO alpha-3
- SYR
- ISO numeric
- 760
- FIPS 10-4
- SY
- GeoNames ID
- 163843
Key facts
- Capital
- Damascus
- Area
- 185,180 km²
- Population
- 16,906,283
- Currency
- Pound (SYP)
- Calling code
- +963
- Top-level domain
- .sy
- Official languages
- ar-SY,ku,hy,arc,fr,en
Continent
- Name
- Asia
- Code
- AS
- In this dataset
- 51 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 35
- Longitude
- 38
- Min latitude
- 32.31304168700005
- Min longitude
- 35.723399285000085
- Max latitude
- 37.324906311000106
- Max longitude
- 42.377185506000046
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/SY?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 185180,
"capital": "Damascus",
"continent_code": "AS",
"currency_code": "SYP",
"iso3_code": "SYR",
"iso_code": "SY",
"name": "Syria",
"population": 16906283
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/SY/regions/v1/cities?country=SY/v1/postal-codes?country=SY/v1/timezones?country=SY
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- سوريا
- Chinese
- 叙利亚
- English
- Syria
- French
- Syrie
- German
- Syrien
- Hindi
- सीरिया
- Italian
- Siria
- Japanese
- シリア
- Korean
- 시리아
- Portuguese
- Síria
- Russian
- Сирия
- Spanish
- Siria
- Total language variants
- 144
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Damascus | UTC+03:00 | UTC+03:00 |
First-level administrative regions
- Aleppo Governorate
- Damascus Countryside
- Latakia Governorate
- Homs Governorate
- Damascus Governorate
- Hama Governorate
- Tartus Governorate
- Al-Hasakah Governorate
- Idlib Governorate
- Deir ez-Zor Governorate
- Daraa Governorate
- Ar-Raqqah Governorate
- As-Suwayda Governorate
- Quneitra Governorate
14 of 14 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Aleppo | 2,098,210 |
| Damascus | 1,569,394 |
| Homs | 775,404 |
| Latakia | 709,000 |
| Ar Raqqah | 531,952 |
| Ḩamāh | 460,602 |
| Ţarţūs | 458,327 |
| Al Ḩasakah | 422,445 |
| Deir ez-Zor | 271,800 |
| Al Qāmishlī | 184,231 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 11,742
- First-level regions
- 14
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 144
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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