arableLand
background
Following the breakup of the O ...... e return of the Golan Heights.
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budgetExpenditures
5400000000
budgetRevenues
2250000000
capital
climate
mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny ...... periodically hitting Damascus
coastline
comparativeArea
slightly larger than North Dakota
constitution
13 March 1973
contiguousZone
conventionalLongCountryName
Syrian Arab Republic
conventionalShortCountryName
currency
Syrian pound (SYP)
currencyCode
deathRate
economicAidRecipient
economyOverview
Syria's predominantly statist ...... mestic and foreign investment.
electricityConsumption
16684000000
electricityExports
electricityImports
electricityProduction
17940000000
electricityProductionFossilFuel
electricityProductionHydro
electricityProductionNuclear
electricityProductionOther
environmentalAgreementPartyTo
environmentalAgreementSigned
environmentalIssue
deforestation
desertification
inadequate supplies of potable water
overgrazing
soil erosion
water pollution from dumping of raw sewage and wastes from petroleum refining
exports
4800000000
externalDebt
22000000000
fiscalYear
calendar year
flagDescription
three equal horizontal bands o ...... gle centered in the white band
forestsAndWoodland
formerCountryName
United Arab Republic (with Egypt)
geographicCoordinates
governmentType
grossDomesticProduct
50900000000