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SYRIA
By: Shashank Kaul, Dhruv Patel,
Camden O'Neill, Philip Paik
Geography of Syria
Contiguous countries
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Iraq 605 km
Israel 76 km
Jordan 375 km
Lebanon 375 km
Turkey 822 km
64 districts of syria
• ALLEPPO (220 miles.)
• The legend holds that prophet Abraham once milked his
cow atop its hill.
• Aleppo dominated the trade routes connecting East and
West and is known as today’s second largest Syrian city
still plays a key economic role.
• Most important sites: medieval Suqs (which are covered
and wind through the old city for more than 8 miles,
Grand Mosque, National Museum.
• HOMS
100 miles. Homs contains an important oil refinery and many major
factories, plants and mills.
• HAMA
90 miles An old and timeless city famed by its Norias- the huge
wooden waterwheels that have been scooping water from the
Orontes and pouring it into irrigation canals for centuries. Important
sites: Museum, Grand Mosque. At 35 miles, north-west: the ruins of
APAMEA,
• LATAKIA
120 miles One of the 5 cities built in the 3rd century B.C. Today it is
Syria's principal port on the Mediterranean.
medieval castles and archeological sites.
-2.6
Million people
-74%
Sunni Muslim
-16%
Other Muslim Groups
-10%
Other
(predominantly Christian)
-Arabs
-Kurds
-Aramaic tribes
-French decedents from settlers
-Greek Decedents
-Circassians ( indigenous culture group)
-Turcoman
History
• Early Second Millennium BC – Conquered by
the Hittite Kingdom
• Later conquered by the Persians
• 64AD Romans conquer Syria and name it a
Roman Province
• Afterwards the Byzantine Empire conquered
Syria
• Then conquered by the Islamic Empire
• Finally is conquered by the Ottoman Turks
• 1967 – Syria wins Independence
Economy
• The economy revolves around agriculture,
oil, industry, and tourism.
• There GDP is 64.7 billion dollars
• There GDP growth is -14%-- -20
• Labor Force is 5.642 million people
• Their unemployment is 12.3%
• Their revenues is 11.69 billion dollars
• Expenses are 17.87 billion dollars
Sectors of the economy
• Agriculture- wheat, barley, sugar, and cotton are
the most grown crops. Water and energy are the
biggest issues facing it.
• Mining- Phosphates are the major minerals
exploited in Syria. Other major minerals are
cement, salt, steel.
• Oil- syria is the only significant oil producing
country in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
However it only produces .5% of the global
production
Cont.
• Industry and Manufacturing- accounted for
27.3 % of the domestic products and
employed about 16% of the labor force.
• Tourism- 1.1 million people have visited
Syria by 2002.
• Labor- Population growth rate is 2.37%.
Around 70% of the work force earn less
then 100 dollars per month
Civil War
• The Civil War is between forces loyal to
the Ba’ath party and those seeking to
destroy it
• It began on March 15 2011
• The protesters demand the resignation of
the President Bashar al-Asssas
• More then 40000 people have died and
more then 400000 people have left the
country
How it started
• In January 2011, revolution in Tunisia marked
the start of the so-called Arab Spring.
• In March 2011, violence broke out in Daraa,
Syria, after a group of children and teenagers
were arrested for writing political graffiti. Dozens
of people were killed when security forces
cracked down on protesters.
• Since then, the violence has only increased,
spreading throughout the country and became a
full fledge civil war.
• Citation….
• http://www.caroun.com/Countries/Asia/Syri
a-MajorCities.htm
• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the
-world-factbook/geos/sy.html
• "History of Syria." Made in Syria. N.p., n.d.
Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://www.made-insyria.com/history-of-syria.html>.