Syria (syr)

Syria

Syria ranks 1,135th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pella, Bactria, and Edogawa, Tokyo. Memorable people born in Syria include John Climacus, Musa ibn Nusayr, and Antiochus II Theos. 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 is bounded by 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. Cyprus lies to the west across the Mediterranean Sea. It is a unitary republic that consists of 14 governorates (subdivisions). A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including the majority Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Circassians, Armenians, Albanians, Greeks, and Chechens. Religious groups include Muslims, Christians, Alawites, Druze, and Yazidis. The capital and largest city is Damascus, followed by Aleppo, Homs, Latakia, Hama, Deirezor, and Raqqa. Arabs are the largest ethnic group, and Sunni Muslims are the largest religious group. Syria is now the only country that is governed by Ba'athists, who advocate Arab socialism and Arab nationalism. Read more on Wikipedia