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| Area: |
| 185,180
km² |
| Population:
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| 14,900,000
(1997) |
| Capital: |
| Damascus |
| Languages: |
| Arabic,
Kurdish, Armenian |
| Religions: |
| Muslim
90%, Christian 9% |
| Currency: |
| 1 Syrian
pound = 100 piastres |
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to Another Country |
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| Trip 2002 |
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| May 7-8 |
No public kissing in Damascus |
| May 9 |
Tower tombs in Palmyra |
| May 10 |
Sightseeing on the Iraq border |
| May 11-12 |
Aleppo, the 'other' major city in Syria |
| May 13-14 |
Dead cities |
| May 15 |
Living in beehive huts |
| May 16 |
Last stop, the finest castle
in the world according to Lawrence of Arabia. |
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