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AREA |
POPULATION |
CAPITAL |
LANGUAGES |
RELIGIONS |
CURRENCY |
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71,498 sq’ miles |
12.9 Million |
Damascus |
Arabic |
90% Islam, 9% Christianity |
Syrian pound= |
CLIMATE |
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January |
8 |
March |
12 |
May |
21 |
July |
26 |
September |
25 |
November |
13 |
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February |
9 |
April |
16 |
June |
25 |
August |
27 |
October |
20 |
December |
9 |
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PRECIPITATION |
Dry and warm summers and wet and mild winters |
Average annual rainfall of 9 inches |
rainy season starts in November and ends in February, less than 2 inches of rainfall per month |
| PUBLIC HOLIDAYS | |||||
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| Holiday | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| New Year | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 |
| Eid-ul-Adha | *12.02 | *02.02 | *21.01 | *10.01 | *20.12 |
| Day of Unity | *22.02 | *22.02 | *22.02 | *22.02 | *22.02 |
| El am Hejir New Year | *05.03 | *22.02 | *10.02 | *31.01 | *20.01 |
| Revolution Day | *08.03 | *08.03 | *08.03 | *08.03 | *08.03 |
| Arab League's Day | *22.03 | *22.03 | *22.03 | *22.03 | *22.03 |
| Celebration of the Departure of French (1946) | *14.04 | *14.04 | *14.04 | *14.04 | *14.04 |
| Orthodox Easter | *27.04 | *11.04 | *01.05 | *23.04 | *08.04 |
| Labor Day | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 |
| Martyrs' Day | *06.05 | *06.05 | *06.05 | *06.05 | *06.05 |
| Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi | *14.05 | *02.05 | *21.04 | *11.04 | *31.05 |
| Swearing-in of President Bashar al-Assad | *17.07 | *17.07 | *17.07 | *17.07 | *17.07 |
| End of Ramadan | *26.11 | *14.11 | *03.11 | *24.10 | *13.10 |
*Dates are in DDMM format
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