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SYRIA

Syrian Arab Republic · SY / SYR / 760

SY
ISO 3166-1 SYR · 760

Syria is a western asia country in Asia. It has a population of 16,906,283, uses SYP, speaks Arabic.

Population 16,906,283
Area (km²) 185,180
Capital Damascus
Region Western Asia

All facts

fields
ISO alpha-3
SYR
ISO numeric
760
Calling code
+963
TLD
.sy
Driving side
Currencies
SYP
Languages
ara
Timezones
Flag
🇸🇾

Cities

page 1 of 7 · 306 total
Aleppo Aleppo 2,098,210
Damascus Damascus Governorate 1,569,394
Homs Homs 775,404
Latakia Latakia 709,000
Ar Raqqah Raqqa 531,952
Ḩamāh Hama 460,602
Ţarţūs Tartus 458,327
Al Ḩasakah Al-Hasakah 422,445
Deir ez-Zor Deir ez-Zor 271,800
Al Qāmishlī Al-Hasakah 184,231
Al Bāb Aleppo 130,745
Idlib Idlib 128,840
Dūmā Rif-dimashq 111,864
Manbij Aleppo 99,497
Dar‘ā Daraa 97,969
As Salamīyah Hama 94,887
Al-Tabqa Raqqa 87,880
Dārayyā Rif-dimashq 71,596
I‘zāz Aleppo 66,138
Jablah Latakia 65,915
As Safīrah Aleppo 63,708
As-Suwayda Suwayda 59,052
Ālbū Kamāl Deir ez-Zor 57,572
At Tall Rif-dimashq 55,561
Al Mayādīn Deir ez-Zor 54,534
Ar Rastan Homs 53,152
Kabbasin Aleppo 51,230
Tadmur Homs 51,015
‘Ayn al ‘Arab Aleppo 50,000
An Nabk Rif-dimashq 49,372
Khān Shaykhūn Idlib 48,975
‘Afrīn Aleppo 48,693
Nawá Daraa 47,066
Kafranbel Idlib 45,652
‘Irbīn Rif-dimashq 42,474
Al Quşayr Homs 41,062
Yabrūd Rif-dimashq 40,502
Jisr ash Shughūr Idlib 39,311
Bāniyās Tartus 39,066
Tallbīsah Homs 38,491
Ḩarastā Rif-dimashq 37,348
Al Qunayţirah Quneitra 36,143
Tādif Aleppo 34,670
Saraqib Idlib 34,231
Jayrūd Rif-dimashq 32,352
Maşyāf Hama 32,262
Ma‘arratmişrīn Idlib 32,163
Al Qaryatayn Homs 31,748
Salqīn Idlib 31,608
Ţafas Daraa 31,249

Airports

top 6
ALP
DAM
DEZ

Deir ez-Zor Airport

Medium airport

KAC
LTK
PMS

Palmyra Airport

Medium airport

Universities

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FAQ

4 questions
What currency does Syria use?
SYP.
What languages are spoken in Syria?
Arabic.
What is the capital of Syria?
Damascus.
How many cities are in Syria?
306 on record.

Get this page as JSON

no auth
cURL 200 OK
$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/countries/SY

{
  "data": {
    "iso_alpha2": "SY",
    "iso_alpha3": "SYR",
    "iso_numeric": "760",
    "common_name": "Syria",
    "official_name": "Syrian Arab Republic",
    "capital": "Damascus",
    "region": "Asia",
    "subregion": "Western Asia",
    "population": 16906283,
    "flag_emoji": "🇸🇾",
    "car_side": null,
    "postal_code_format": null,
    "native_names": {},
    "calling_codes": [
      "+963"
    ],
    "tld": [
      ".sy",
      "سوريا."
    ],
    "flag_url": "/static/flags/sy.svg",
    "area": 185180.0,
    "latitude": 35.0,
    "longitude": 38.0,
    "languages": {
      "ara": "Arabic"
    },
    "currencies": {
      "SYP": {
        "name": "Syrian pound",
        "symbol": "£"
      }
    },
    "borders": [
      "IRQ",
      "ISR",
      "JOR",
      "LBN",
      "TUR"
    ],
    "timezone_ids": []
  }
}
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