Capital: Damascus 1,711,000 (2009)
Population: 17,064,854 (2014)
Area: 185,180 km2
History: Proclamation of Arab Kingdom of Syria:
8. March 1920.
State of Syria (established under French Mandate:
1. December 1924.
Syrian Republic (established by merger of States of Jabal Druze, Alawites and Syria): 1930.
Independence (French Mandate ended): 24. October 1945.
Last French troops leave: 17. April 1946.
Secession from the United Arab Republic: 28. September 1961.
Ba´ath party takes power: 8. March 1963.
Current constitution: 27. February 2012.
