User:GrahamHughey/Syrian Republic

Syrian Arab Republic الجمهورية العربية السورية العراقية Aljumhuriat Alearabiat Alssuriat Aleiraqia
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: "حماة الديار" (Arabic) Humat ad-Diyar Guardians of the Homeland
Capital	Damascus 33°30′N 36°18′E
Largest city	Baghdad
Official languages	Arabic
Government	Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic
• President	Bashar al-Assad
• Prime Minister	Imad Khamis
• Speaker of the People's Council	Hadiya Khalaf Abbas
• Regional Secretary of Iraq	Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Legislature	People's Council
Establishment
• Syrian independence from France	24 October 1945
• Iraqi independence from the United Kingdom	14 July 1958
• Syrian secession from the United Arab Republic	28 September 1961
• Syrian Ba'athist party takes power	8 March 1963
• Iraqi coup succeeds and Iraqi Ba'athist party takes power	17 July 1968
• Ba'athist Iraqi government is overthrown by the United States	20 March 2003
• Caliphate of the Islamic State is formed	29 June 2014
• The Islamic State destroys northern Iraqi government	30 January 2017
• Syria pushes back the Islamic State from its borders	8 March 2017
• Iraqi government allows Syria to claim control of northern Iraq - Unitary republic is formed	15 March 2017
Area
• Total	622,252 km2 (240,253 sq mi) (19th)
• Water (%)	2.3
Population
• November 2016 estimate	57,308,515 (23th)
• Density	137/km2 (354.8/sq mi) (24th)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$522.761 billion
• Per capita	$17,950
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Total	$238.964 billion
• Per capita	$9,021
Gini (2016)	63.7 very high
HDI (2016)	0.712  (104th)
Currency	Syrian pound (SYP)
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+963 +964 (Iraq region)
ISO 3166 code	SY
Internet TLD	.sy سوريا.