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Essential Information
Area: 185,180 sq km
Population: 19.7 million
Capital: Damascus
Principal Towns: Aleppo, Homs, Latakia, Hama.
Languages: Arabic is spoken throughout most of the country, but
Kurdish is widely used along the northern frontier and Armenian in
the cities. Aramaic is said to survive in three villages. English
and French are also spoken.
Gross Domestic Product: $37.76 billion (2007 est.).
GDP per capita: $1,917.
International Reserves: $6.039 billion (31 December 2007 est.).
Climate: Mediterranean; hot summers with substantial rain and snow
in the winter.
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