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Abu Kamal Afrin Al Qamishli Al-Bab Al-Haffah Al-Malikiyah Al-Mukharram Al-Nabk Al-Qusayr Al-Qutayfah Al-Rastan Al-Safirah Al-Sanamayn Al-Shaykh Badr Al-Suqaylabiyah Al-Tall Al-Thawrah Arihah 'Ayn al-'Arab A'zaz Baniyas Darayya Duma Duraykish Fiq Harem Izra' Jableh Jarabulus Jisr ash-Shugur Ma'arrat al-Numan Manbij Masyaf Mayadin Muhardeh Palmyra Qardaha Qatana Ra's al-'Ayn Safita Salamiyah Salkhad Shahba Tal Abyad Talkalakh Yabrud Zabadani
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Background
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Following World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. The French administered the area as Syria until granting it independence in 1946. The new country lacked political stability, however, and experienced a series of military coups during its first decades. Syria united with Egypt in February 1958 to form the United Arab Republic. In September 1961, the two entities separated, and the Syrian Arab Republic was reestablished. In November 1970, Hafiz al-ASAD, a member of the Socialist Ba'th Party and the minority Alawite sect, seized power in a bloodless coup and brought political stability to the country. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. During the 1990s, Syria and Israel held occasional peace talks over its return. Following the death of President al-ASAD, his son, Bashar al-ASAD, was approved as president by popular referendum in July 2000. Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in an ostensible peacekeeping role - were withdrawn in April 2005. During the July-August 2006 conflict between Israel and Hizballah, Syria placed its military forces on alert but did not intervene directly on behalf of its ally Hizballah. In May 2007 Bashar al-ASAD was elected to his second term as President.
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Population
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22,198,110 (July 2010 est.)
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Government type
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14 provinces (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Hasakah, Al Ladhiqiyah (Latakia), Al Qunaytirah, Ar Raqqah, As Suwayda', Dar'a, Dayr az Zawr, Dimashq, Halab, Hamah, Hims, Idlib, Rif Dimashq (Damascus), Tartus
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Administrative divisions
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republic under an authoritarian military-dominated regime
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Independence
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Independence Day, 17 April (1946)
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International organization participation
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three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black, colors associated with the Arab Liberation flag; two small, green, five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; former flag of the United Arab Republic where the two stars represented the constituent states of Syria and Egypt; the current design dates to 1980
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Economy - overview
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Market value of publicly traded shares
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petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, car assembly
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Agriculture - products
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-0.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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36.5 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial production growth rate
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27.35 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity - production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Oil - production
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155,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Internet country code
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3.565 million (2008)
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