Passport card
Syria
Syria
- Capital
- Damascus
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- Syrian pound
- Languages
- Arabic
- People
- About 2.6 crore
- Size
- About 1.9 lakh km²
- Leader
- President Ahmed al-Sharaa
- Free since
- 17 April 1946
- Time
- 2½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Damascus
⭐ All pet golden hamsters come from a family caught near Aleppo in 1930.
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Syria
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Syria
Turn the globe with your finger. Syria has 5 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Syria and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 18 times the size of Syria.
- PeopleIndia has about 56 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 2.6 crore in Syria.
- DistanceDamascus is about 3,900 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeSyria is 2½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Damascus.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Syria, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Syria
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Syria's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Syria back on the map
Syria and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 6 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Syria worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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