maps of syria

Syria is a country in the Middle East bordered by Lebanon and four other Middle Eastern countries. Syria maps an area of around 185, 180 square kilometer. Its capital is Damascus which is also the largest city in the country. The official language of the country is Arabic. The country is a presidential single party system.

The country got its independence in 1946 with the French mandate. The country has been under emergency rule from the 1960s onwards. Therefore, some people don’t consider it a democratic state at all. Most of the people in this country are Sunni Muslims. The country most of the year is dry and hot and winters are mild in nature.

The economics of the country is still developing and could be called a middle income economy. The country’s economy depends on agriculture and oil. There is very high Unemployment and the countries oil production has also gone down. The public sector enterprises are the worst performing and there is a wide scale corruption within the country.

Agriculture sector employs forty two percent of the countries work forces. Majority of it income in export comes from oil trade. The economic maps of Syria point to the fact of its slow downward movement in economics. Those with travel maps of Syria can see the desert city of Palmyra and also places like Bosra.