Syria
Syrian Arab Republic · سوريا
Syria (SY, SYR) is a country in Western Asia, with Damascus as its capital. The currency is the Syrian Pound (SYP, SYP). The international dialling code is +963 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0944 567 890. The time zone is Asia/Damascus. Official language: Arabic.
CurrencySYPSYP
Dial code+963e.g. 0944 567 890
Time zoneDamascusUTC+03:00
LanguageArabic
CapitalDamascus
Population23.9M185.2K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Native name
- سوريا
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- SY
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- SYR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 760
- IOC code
- SYR
- Demonym
- Syrian
- Capital
- Damascus
- Region
- Asia › Western Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .sy, سوريا.
- Coordinates
- 35, 38
- Area
- 185,180 km²
- Population
- 23,865,400
- GDP
- $62.2B ($2.6K per person)
- Literacy
- 84.1%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Syrian Pound SYP
- Symbol
- SYP narrow £
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- ١٬٢٣٥ ل.س.
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Damascus | UTC+03:00 | none | GMT+03:00 |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +963
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 8–9 digits
- Emergency number
- 110 pattern 11[023]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 011 234 5678 | +963 11 234 5678 | XXX XXX XXXX | 8, 9 |
| Mobile | 0944 567 890 | +963 944 567 890 | XXXX XXX XXX | 9 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3,4}) | [1-4]|5[1-3] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | [59] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Saturday
- Weekend
- Friday to Saturday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the Arabic (Syria) locale (ar-SY), amounts in SYP.
- Number
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١
- Percent
- ٤٥٫٧٪
- Currency (SYP)
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٨ ل.س.
- Accounting
- -١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٨ ل.س.
- Currency, name
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٨ ليرة سورية
- Compact short
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Compact long
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Scientific
- ١٫٢٣٥أس٦
- Speed
- ٨٨ كيلومتر في الساعة
- Temperature
- ٢١٫٥°م
- Date, full
- الجمعة، ٢٧ آذار ٢٠٢٦
- Date, long
- ٢٧ آذار ٢٠٢٦
- Date, medium
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦
- Date, short
- ٢٧/٣/٢٠٢٦
- Time, medium
- ٣:٠٤:٠٥ م
- Time, short
- ٣:٠٤ م
- Date and time
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦، ٣:٠٤ م
- Month and year
- آذار ٢٠٢٦
- Weekday
- الجمعة
- Relative time
- أمس · خلال ٣ أيام · قبل ساعتين
- List: and
- A وB وC
- List: or
- A أو B أو C