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SYRIA Profile
OFFICIAL NAME: Syrian Arab Republic.
CAPITAL: Damascus
AREA: 185.180 km2 (71.500sq. miles)
POPULATION: 18.866 millions ( 2002 census )
CLIMATE: A pleasant and varied Mediterranean climate with four distinct seasons.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE:
32° C. (90° F) in Summer,
10° C. (50° F) in Winter and
22° C. (72° F) in Spring and Autumn.
TIME ZONE: November through
February: GMT + 2 Hours (Winter).
March through October: GMT + 3 hours. (Summer).
ELECTRICAL CURRENT: 220
Volts, 50 A.C.
WEEKEND: Friday and Saturday are the official
weekend.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: Metric system.
TRAVEL INFORMATION ENTRY FORMALITIES:
A valid passport with entry visa. Any amount of foreign
currency could be brought into Syria. However, the sum of foreign currency
allowed out should not exceed the amount brought in.
Tourist groups coming through their local travel agency can obtain their free of
charge visas from the airport or any other border.
HOW TO GET THERE:
By land: Syria is connected by highways with Lebanon,
Jordan, Iraq and Turkey.
By Sea: Through the two seaports of Latakia and Tartus on the Mediterranean.
By Air: Damascus, the main gateway to Syria, Aleppo and Latakia are connected
with all continents by the national carrier (Syrianair) and major international
airlines.
Main cities and number of inhabitants in each governorate:
Damascus 3.8 million inh, Aleppo 4 million inh, Homs 1.5
million inh, Latakia 883 thousands inh, Hama 1.4 million inh, Tartus 716
thousands, Deir-ez-zor 1 million inh.
Telephone code:
Damascus 011, Nabk 012, Deir Ateya 012, Zabadani 013,
Bloudan 013, Al-Qunaytra 014, Dar'a 015, Sweida 016, Aleppo 021, Raqqa 022, Jisr
Shogour 023, Idleb 023, Homs 031, Palmyra 031, Hama 033, Latakia 041, Kurdahah
041, Jableh 041, Slenfeh 041, Kasab 041, Tartus 043, Banyas 043, Safita 043,
Draykish 043, Mashta Helu 043, Deir-ez-zor 051, Hasakeh 052, Raselein 052,
Malkieh 052, Kamishli 053.
Airport:
Damascus: Damascus International Airport, a distance of 32
kms from the center of the capital, Damascus - Taxi service - Bus services -
Free zone
Aleppo: Aleppo International airport.
Latakia: Martyr Bassel Al-Asad Airport
Ports:
Latakia 348 kms from the capital, Tartus 258 kms from the
capital, banyas 55 kms south of Latakia.
Currency:
Currency Unit: Syrian Pound = 100 piasters
1 U.S. Dollar = 51 S.P.
Notes: 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 S.P.
Coins: 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 S.P.
WELCOME TO SYRIA
When you
enter an old souk (bazaar) in Syria, you will realize that history is something
alive and tangible, something you can see, touch and smell. In Damascus, if you
walk down the Street called Straight (Midhat Pasha), you might feel that you
were walking alongside Saul of Tarsus, suddenly transformed into St Paul on
seeing the light of faith, the light on "the road to Damascus".
The glass- blower at their brick furnaces, might remind you of their
predecessors, who first invented coloured glass 3,000 years ago. In the
thirteenth century, two Italian brothers came to Syria to learn the skill of
glass-blowing, which they took back to Venice, and started fashioning "Venetian"
glass.
A journey through a Syrian town is a journey into both the past and the present
at the same time. You might happen on a Roman arch, built centuries before
Christ, under which you might find a shop selling the latest electronic gadgets.
Or you may pass on Ottoman caravanserai, bustling under its evocative Arabesque
designs with present-day commercial activity.
Damascus, the world's oldest inhabited city, contains Greek ruins built over
Aramean temples, and minarets rising over Crusader remains. The Omayyad mosque,
a great edifice of Islamic civilization, became a prototype of Islamic
architecture, from Spain to Samarcand.
In Aleppo, a grand fortress rises before you, on the very mount where, in the
year 2,000 BC, Abraham is said to have milked his cow, giving the site of the
city its name, Halab (in Arabic "to milk"). The long, winding stone bazaar of
Aleppo is one of the most beautiful in the East, replete with locally-famous
coloured silk scarves, perfumes, and soaps still made to ancient recipes.
On the northern coast, your imagination can wander back unhindered by the modern
ships you see- to those early sailors who set forth from this very shore, taking
their coloured glass, their cloth of gold, their carved wood, and their alphabet
to the far-flung regions of the known world.
The villages of Syria, whether they nestle in mountain valleys, or cluster along
the coast, or border a great desert, are unique in their traditions and in the
native costumes of their inhabitants. Maaloula, a village not far from Damascus
where the houses are carved out of the mountain stone, still
speaks Aramaic, the
language of Jesus Christ.
These settlers preserved their original characteristics despite the numerous conquests (Greek, Roman, Persian among others) which they were to experience. In 636 AD, when Muslim Arab tribes entered Syria from that same Arabian Peninsula that had given it its original inhabitants, they brought with them their language, Arabic, and their religion, Islam, both of which endure in modern Syria today.
Culture in Syria
Culture in Syria is linked to its
heritage and to the influences inherited from the various civilizations which
succeeded each other over its lands: its libraries are full of rare manuscripts
and priceless paintings and works of art. These libraries are found in the
various cultural and educational institutions but the most important of them is
Al-Asad public library, The modern and contemporary cultural edifice which
contains most of the rare and priceless manuscripts beside great numbers of
books, publications and paintings old and modern.
The availability of these reference books encourage cultural activities in
Syria. Not one week passes without intellectual conferences, fairs and seminars
are held in
universities, museums, cultural centers in Damascus and all other Syrian towns
and townships.
Several exhibition halls exist which present the latest masterpieces of Syrian
plastic art painters.
Al-Assad Library
Al-ASSAD library is considered "The national library" of "Syrian Arab Republic". It was inaugurated on /November 16/1984/ under the leader president HAFEZ AL-ASSAD's auspices. The library lies in the west part of Damascus city and overlooks into [UMAWYEEN square]. The library covers an area of [22000 m sq], and it is surrounded by a landscape ground (gardens) which extends on a space of [6.000 m sq]. The complex (buildings) of the library comprises of nine floors.
Being "The national library" of the Syrian Arab Republic, AL-ASSAD library's first task is to gather all books and daily issues in addition to all kinds of literature connected with our "ancestral cultural legacy", then to sort out these materials to serve researchers and scholars and benefit them. The library has interest also in modern cultural legacy of all its kinds. As for our ancient cultural legacy (scripts) the library tries to gather all what is available of these scripts to preserve them by conserving maintenance and storing in suitable "warehouses".
The High Institute of Music
The Syrian Conservatory Institution
is the premier academy for the study of music in Syria.
Students develop high musical competencies in areas such as performance,
composition, and production.
One of our primary goals is to fosterwestern music and to convey oriental music
to the world.
Dar Al-Assad for Arts & Culture
Just off a central roundabout in
Damascus, adjacent to the Higher Institute of Drama & Music off Beirut Street,
looms a tall marble building. Combining Western architectural features with
Arabesque designs.
The new Dar Al-Assad Opera House for Arts & Culture, opened in 7th May 2004, is
Syria's most recent attempt to boost its arts and culture scene and bring
international performances to the country.
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