Sirie

Sirie Arab Republic
الجمهورية العربية السورية
Al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah

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Motto: nane
Offeecial leid	Arabic
Caipital	Damascus
Lairgest ceety	Aleppo
Govrenment   - Preses  - Prime Meenister	Bashar al-Assad Adel Safar
Aurie  - Tot  - % watter	185180km² 1.1%
Population  - 2009  -  census  - Density	22,505,000 306.5/km²
Foondin &nbssp:-	17 Aprile 1946
Siller	Sirie pund (SYP)
Time zone	UTC + 2, Simmer: UTC + 3
Naitional anthem	Homat el Diyar Guardians o the Land
Internet TLD	.sy
Cawin code	963

Sirie, offeecially the Sirie Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية‎), is a kintra in Wastren Asie, borderin Lebanon an the Mediterranean Sea tae the wast, Turkey tae the north, Iraq tae the east, Jordan tae the sooth, an Israel tae the soothwast.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Damascus

Rif Dimashq

Quneitra

Daraa

As-Suwayda

Homs

Tartus

Latakia

Hama

Idlib

Aleppo

Ar-Raqqah

Deir ez-Zor

Al-Hasakah

Main articles: Govrenorates o Siriean Destricts o Sirie

See also: Leet o ceeties in Sirie

Sirie is dividit intae fowerteen govrenorates, or muhafazat (singular: muhafazah). The govrenorates are dividit intae a total o saxty destricts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), which are further dividit intae sub-destricts, or nawahi (sing. nahiya).

A govrenor, whose appointment is proposed bi the meenister o the interior, approved bi the cabinet, an annoonced bi executive decree, heids each govrenorate. The govrenor is assistit bi an electit provincial cooncil.

The caipital Damascus is the seicont lairgest ceety in Sirie, an the metropolitan aurie is a govrenorate on its awn. Aleppo (population 1,671,673) in northren Sirie, the lairgest ceety, is an' a' a major industrial, urban an cultural center. Aleppo's auld toun haes been designatit bi the UNESCO as a Warld Heritage Steid. Latakia (population 554,000) alang wi Tartus are Sirie's main ports on the Mediterranean sea. Ither major ceeties include Hama (population 696,863) in central o Sirie, Homs (population 1,033,000) in the sooth o Hama an Deir ez-Zor (population 230,000) on the Euphrates river in eastren Sirie.