General info

Entity:
Syria
Capital:
Damascus
Population (2008-07-01):
19,747,586 (CIA)
Area:
185,180 sq.km.
Country code:
sy
Region:
Western Asia

Syria

Administrative units

mohafazat (governorate) capital area (sq.km.) population
1995
estimate		 population
2005-12-31
estimate
source: 1995 - "Book of the Year 2000", Encyclopedia Britannica.
source: 2005 - Central Bureau of Statistics, Syria.
note: includes territory in the Golan Heights internationally recognized as part of Syria.
note: There are multiple Latin variations of Syrian place names, it is impossible to tell which the correct one is.
Al-Hasakeh Al-Hasakeh 23,334 1,050,000 1,169,000
Al-Rakka Al-Rakka 19,616 566,000 821,000
Al-Sweida Al-Sweida 5,550 270,000 321,000
Aleppo Aleppo 18,500 3,035,000 4,174,000
Damascus City - 105 1,489,000 1,578,000
Damascus Rural Damascus 18,032 1,730,000 2,358,000
Dar'a Dara'a 3,730 623,000 870,000
Deir-ez-Zor Deir-ez-Zor 33,060 722,000 1,056,000
Hama Hama 8,883 1,120,000 1,431,000
Homs Homs 42,223 1,247,000 1,578,000
Idleb Idleb 6,097 922,000 1,304,000
Lattakia Lattakia 2,297 766,000 897,000
Quneitra Quneitra 1,861 50,000 71,000
Tartous Tartous 1,892 596,000 728,000
total   185,180 14,186,000 18,356,000

Main cities

name population
1994-09-03
census
Aleppo 1,582,930
Damascus 1,394,322
Homs 540,133
Lattakia 311,784
Hama 264,348
Al-Rakka 165,195
Al-Kamishli 144,286
Deir-ez-zor 140,459
Al-Hasakeh 119,798
source: United Nations Statistics Division.