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Coordinates
:
35°N
38°E
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35°N 38°E
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35; 38
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Sirie
, offeecially the
Sirie Arab Republic
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, 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.
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.
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