1. Syria
The Characteristics Of Syria
Karen Kouzoujian

2. Physical
o The Climate is mostly desert;
with hot, dry, sunny summers
and mild, rainy winters
happen along coast. Cold
weathers with snow or sleet
happen periodically in
Damascus
o The terrain usually has little
rainfall and long flat deserts. It
has narrow coastal plains with
mountains in west .

3. Physical
o Syria has natural resources such
as petroleum, phosphates,
chrome and manganese ores,
asphalt, iron ore, rock salt,
marble, gypsum and hydropower.
o Some problems that Syria has
right now are deforestation,
overgrazing, soil erosion,
desertification, water pollution
from raw sewage and petroleum
refining wastes and inadequate
potable water.

4. Physical
o Middle East, bordering the
Mediterranean Sea, between
Lebanon and Turkey.
o Some problems in Syria are
deforestation, soil erosion,
desertification, water pollution
from raw sewage and
petroleum refining wastes.

5. Social
o Arabic is the official language in Syria along
with Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian being
widely understood with French, English
somewhat understood
o Ethnic groups in syria include 90.3% of Arabs,
with Kurds, Armenians, and other being 9.7%.

6. Social
o The religion on Syria includes
Sunni Muslim being 74%, other Muslim types
being 16%, Christians being 10%, Jewish being
the tiny communities in Damascus, Al
Qamishli, and Aleppo.
o Syria’s population is 19,314,747 people.

7. Economic
o The industries that Syria has are petroleum,
textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco,
phosphate rock mining, cement, and oil seeds
crushing.
o Syria exports 175,000 bbl oil per day.
o It also exports crude oil, petroleum products,
fruits and vegetables, cotton fiber, clothing,
meat and live animals, wheat.

8. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sy.html
Tourism
Political (3)
President, Capital, Independence, National Holidays, Parliment
Type Of Government, Military branches.
Analysis:
Pick 2:
Physical
Economic
Social / Political

9. Economic
o Syria imports machinery and transport
equipment, electric power machinery, food
and livestock, metal and metal products,
chemicals and chemical products, plastics,
yarn, and paper,

10. Economic
o There are 90 airports in Syria, with 7
heliports.
Tourism:
o There are 96 ships in Syria that are bulk
carriers, cargo, container, livestock carrier,
petroleum tanker