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Syria
Syria
Syria
By: Ruba T.
WHERE IS SYRIA?
Continent Asia.
Capital city Damascus.
Syria has 71,498 square miles of
land.
Size Comparison: slightly larger
than North Dakota
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SYRIA
By: Ruba
CLIMATIC ZONE
Syriahas hot, dry summers, and milder
temperatures than Tennessee in winter.
They receive less rain fall than
Murfreesboro, and most of it comes in the
fall and winter months. Some areas receive
snow fall, other areas in the desert do not
receive rain fall at all. Todays weather
prediction for Aleppo, Syria is 82.
LANGUAGES
Officiallanguage Arabic. Other languages
spoken are Kurdish, Armenian, and
Assyrian.
Hello: asalamualakum
Good bye: ma assalama
Thank you: shukran
Please: lawsamahty
CULTURE
Major religions Islam, Christianity, and Druze
People are diverse and from different ethnic
groups
Syria has the top two oldest continuously lived-
in cities in the world. Aleppo and Damascus.
population: More than 18 million people live in
Syria
OLD CITIES HAVE FENCES WITH DOORS
AND COVERED SHOPPING AREAS
PLACES OF WORSHIP:
ALEPPO GRAND MOSQUE: MALOULA CHURCH:
BUILT IN THE YEAR 715. BUILT IN THE YEAR 280
INVENTIONS