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| Syria measures 71,498.4 sq. miles, slightly larger than North Dakota. This includes 500 sq. miles of Israeli occupied territory. (SSFC, 7/30/06, p.E3) Syria’s population in 2006 was about 18,881, 361 with 90.3% Arabs. Sunni Muslims comprised 74% of the people. The Alawites, a religious group that broke away from Shiite Islam in the 9th century, numbered about 1.7 million and comprised about 15% of Syria’s population. Pres. Hafez Assad was a member of the sect. (WSJ, 6/12/00, p.A30)(SSFC, 5/4/03, p.A11)(Econ, 10/1/05, p.41) |
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| Links: | ArabGateway: http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/syria.htm BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_827000/827580.stm CIA Factbook: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sy.html Emulate: http://www.emulateme.com/country.aspx?countryid=234&countryName=Syria Travel Docs: http://www.traveldocs.com/sy/index.htm USLC: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sytoc.html |