Syria

the Syrian Arabian Republic - the state in the Western Asia. Bounds with Turkey , Iraq , Jordan , Israel and Lebanon , in the west it is flowed about by Mediterranean sea. The square - 185,2  thousand sq. km. The population - 13,4 million persons; 90 % Syrians (Arabs) compound. The Head of the state - the president. An official language - Arabian. The majority of believers - Moslems. Capital - Damascus.

the Mediterranean coast - the most stocked and mastered part of the country, with the big square of the ploughed up lands occupied with plantations of various crops. A climate at coast subtropical Mediterranean, with soft wet winter and in the dry moderately hot summer. Here overtops evergreen subtropical arboreal and kustarnikovaja vegetation. Along all coast last magnificent galechnikovye and sandy beaches.

Syria - the country of an ancient civilisation. In the country northwest, in ancient the city of Haleb, on the rocky I protect the rivers the Halebsky citadel existing more of 2500 towers.

The Historical, cultural, economic centre of the country is the country Damascus capital (1,45  million persons) - one of the most ancient cities of the world. In the old part of a city twined by an ancient fortification, many beautiful ancient buildings and historical monuments: well-known mosque Omejjadov, a palace al-Azema, etc. Massive old buildings with the big portals adjoin to buildings of times of the French classicism and modern architecture.