Key facts about location, terrain, climate, and borders.
Continent
Asia
Region
Levant
Area
185,180 km²
Country Bounds
N: 37.3191, S: 32.3107, W: 35.7272, E: 42.385
Landlocked
No
Coordinates of Capital
Damascus (33.513054, 36.291943)
Terrain
primarily semiarid and desert plateaunarrow coastal plainmountains in west
Climate
mostly deserthot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coastcold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus
Key demographic, linguistic, and cultural information.
Population
16,906,283
Population Density
92.07 people/km²
Nationality
Noun: Syrian(s) Adjective: Syrian
Distribution
significant population density along the Mediterranean coast; larger concentrations found in the major cities of Damascus, Aleppo (the country's largest city), and Hims (Homs); more than half of the population lives in the coastal plain, the province of Halab, and the Euphrates River valley