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Syrian Arab Republic (Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah)
Damascus
185,18 km2
18,016,874
note: in addition, about 40,000 people live in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 20,000 Arabs (18,000 Druze and 2,000 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2004 est.)
Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic
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