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Syrian Arab Republic
الجمهورية العربية السورية العراقية
Aljumhuriat Alearabiat Alssuriat Aleiraqia
Anthem: "حماة الديار" (Arabic)
Humat ad-Diyar
Guardians of the Homeland
CapitalDamascus
33°30′N 36°18′E / 33.500°N 36.300°E / 33.500; 36.300
Largest cityBaghdad
Official languagesArabic
GovernmentUnitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic
• President
Bashar al-Assad
Imad Khamis
Hadiya Khalaf Abbas
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
LegislaturePeople's Council
Establishment
• Syrian independence from France
24 October 1945
• Iraqi independence from the United Kingdom
14 July 1958
• Syrian secession from the United Arab Republic
28 September 1961
8 March 1963
• Iraqi coup succeeds and Iraqi Ba'athist party takes power
17 July 1968
• Ba'athist Iraqi government is overthrown by the United States
20 March 2003
• Caliphate of the Islamic State is formed
29 June 2014
• The Islamic State destroys northern Iraqi government
30 January 2017
• Syria pushes back the Islamic State from its borders
8 March 2017
• Iraqi government allows Syria to claim control of northern Iraq - Unitary republic is formed
15 March 2017
Area
• Total
622,252 km2 (240,253 sq mi) (19th)
• Water (%)
2.3
Population
• November 2016 estimate
57,308,515 (23th)
• Density
137/km2 (354.8/sq mi) (24th)
GDP (PPP)2016 estimate
• Total
$522.761 billion
• Per capita
$17,950
GDP (nominal)2016 estimate
• Total
$238.964 billion
• Per capita
$9,021
Gini (2016)Negative increase 63.7
very high inequality
HDI (2016)Increase  0.712
Error: Invalid HDI value (104th)
CurrencySyrian pound (SYP)
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
Drives onright
Calling code+963
+964 (Iraq region)
ISO 3166 codeSY
Internet TLD.sy
سوريا.