Geography of Syria
- Syria is: a country
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
- Asia
- Western Asia
- Southwest Asia
- Western Asia
- Asia
- Middle East
- Levant
- Time in Syria
- Time zone: UTC+02, summer UTC+03
- Extreme points of Syria
- High: Jabal el-Sheikh 2,814 m (9,232 ft)
- Low: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: 2,253 km
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- Turkey 822 km
- Iraq 605 km
- Jordan 375 km
- Lebanon 375 km
- Israel 76 km
- Coastline: Mediterranean Sea 193 km
- Population of Syria: 19,929,000 - 54th most populous country
- Area of Syria: 185180 km2
- Atlas of Syria
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