GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $14.7 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $24.58 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $9,000 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Damascus
Population (Estimated July 2012): 22,530,746
Area: 185,180km2 or 71,498mi2
Currency: Syrian Pound (S.P.)
Official Language: Arabic
Political Information: republic under an authoritarian regime
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 90% of the population are Muslim and 10% are Christian)
Highest Mountain: Jabal ad Durūz at 1800m or 5,906ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): -5:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 14 parishes; Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland
note: for local government purposes, Kingston and Saint Andrew were amalgamated in 1923 into the present single corporate body known as the Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation
Leaders: H.M. Queen Elizabeth II with Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen and Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller
Additional: Gained Independence from the UK on the 6th of August 1962.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Syria (Al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah al-Sūriyyah (Syrian Arab Republic))
