simmons | July 31, 2015
Israel,officially State of Israel, Hebrew Medinat Yisrael, Arabic Isrl, country in the Middle East, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bounded to the north by Lebanon, to the northeast by Syria, to the east and southeast by Jordan, to the southwest by Egypt, and to the west by the Mediterranean Sea
admin | July 31, 2015
President: Bashar al-Assad (2000) Prime Minister: Riyad Farid Hijab (2012) Land area: 71,062 sq mi (184,051 sq km); total area: 71,498 sq mi (185,180 sq km) Population (2014 est.): 17,951,639 (growth rate: -9.73%); birth rate: 22.76/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.79/1000; life expectancy: 68.41; density per sq mi: 306.5 Capital (2011 est.): Damascus, 2.65 million Other large cities: Aleppo, 3.164 million; Hims, 1.369 million; Hamah, 933,000 Monetary unit: Syrian pound More Facts & Figures Slightly larger than North Dakota, Syria lies at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Lebanon and Israel on the west, Turkey on the north, Iraq on the east, and Jordan on the south. Coastal Syria is a narrow plain, in back of which is a range of coastal mountains, and still farther inland a steppe area.
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