SYRIA

MY TRAVEL PLANS

• Dates: leave Dec. 30 return Jan. 4
• Cost: $7943.10
• We will make no stops on the trip
• It will take a total of 63h and 10m

GEOGRAPHIC INFOMATION

• Capital city: Damascus Coordinates: 33.5130N, 36.2920E
• Major citys: Aleppo, Hims, & Hamah
• Land forms: Javal an Nusayriyah mountains, Homs-Gap
• Water features: The Sinn, Khabur, & the Euphrates river
• Natural resources: Petroleum, Phosphates, Chrome, gypsum, rocksalt

GEOGRAPHIC INFO. PART 2

• More natural resources: manganese, asphalt, iron, marble, and hydropower
• Climate: very little forest, semi arid, and desert climate
• Vegatation regions: near the Euphrates river, the top of Syria, and a little patch
• on the bottom of syria

DEMOGRAPHIC INFO.

• Population: 22.85 million people
• Ethnic groups: Arabs, Kurds, Armenians, & other
• Religions: Christianity, Sunni Islam, and Judaism
• Languages: Arabic (official) & kurdish
• Literacy rate: (people 15 +) 84.19%

DEMOGRAPHIC INFO. PART 2

• Exports: Petroleum, Phosphate, Asphalt, Natural gas, Table salt, etc..
• Imports: Machinery, Transport and electrical power equipment, food,
• livestock, metal, chemicals, etc...

CITIZEN INFO.

• falafel, hummus, farooj, and shish kebabs are common foods in Syria.
• Tea, coffee, and mint lemonade are popular drinks in Syria.
• major holidays: all muslim holidays, christmas, easter, new year
• The childern of Syria go to school for 6 years it dose not say what age.

TOURIST INFO.

• Currency: syrain pound
• Type of transportation: Busses, cars, trains, etc...
• Monuments and landmarks ----------------->

AZM PALACE

UMAYYAD MOSQUE

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DAMASCUS

PALMYRA,CELLA OF THE BEL TEMPLE

THE KRAK DE CHEVALIERS

THE ISLAMIC CITADEL