Syria (syr)

Syria

Syria ranks 937th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Yokkaichi, Logroño, and Davenport, Iowa. Memorable people born in Syria include John Climacus, Antiochus II Theos, and Al-Walid II. Memorable people who died in Syria include Bartholomew the Apostle, Ptolemy VI Philometor, and Antiochus I Soter. Syria has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Syria is located in Syria.

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. It is under a transitional government and comprises 14 governorates. Damascus is the capital and largest city. With a population of 25 million across an area of 185,180 square kilometres (71,500 sq mi), it is the 57th-most populous and 87th-largest country. Read more on Wikipedia