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In the east is the Syrian Desert and in the south is the Jabal al-Druze Range. The former is bisected by the Euphrates valley. A dam built in 1973 on the Euphrates created a reservoir named Lake Assad, the largest lake in Syria. The highest point in Syria is Mount Hermon on the Lebanese border at 2,814 metres or 9,232 feet. Between the humid ...
Syria's large and prosperous population made Syria one of the most important of the Roman and Byzantine provinces, particularly during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. [60] The ancient city of Apamea, an important commercial center and one of Syria's most prosperous cities in classical antiquity. Syrians held considerable power during the Severan ...
Tell Aswad – large prehistoric, Neolithic Tell, about 5 hectares (540,000 sq ft) in size, located around 48 kilometres (30 mi) from Damascus in Syria. Tell Ramad – prehistoric, Neolithic tell at the foot of Mount Hermon, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Damascus in Syria. The tell was the site of a small village of 2 hectares ...
A satellite image of Arwad. There are exactly five ocean islands belonging to Syria.They are all close to the Mediterranean Sea coast in the region of Tartus: [1]. Jazirat Basirah: about 4,500 m 2, it is located 770 metres from Syria beach.
Sixty-four of the 65 districts of Syria have a city that serves as the regional capital (administrative centre); Markaz Rif Dimashq is a district with no official regional centre. The city of Damascus functions as a governorate, a district and a subdistrict. The Rif Dimashq Governorate has no official centre and its headquarters are in Damascus.
This map is part of a collection of 216 free country maps, created by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to be used in print, web or broadcast products. The ReliefWeb Location Maps released here are maps that highlight a country, its capital, major populated places and the surrounding regions.
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This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Syria_location_map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0, GFDL . 2010-09-30T19:34:14Z NordNordWest 922x762 (250221 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 08:25, 29 September 2010: NO CHANGES WITHOUT DISCUSSION