Syria

Summary

Syria is a region^[1]. Syria draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #229 of 1,289).^[2]

Key Facts

• Syria is on the body of water Levantine Sea^[3].
• Syria's image is recorded as Jerusalem-2013-Aerial-Temple Mount 03.jpg^[4].
• Syria's continent is recorded as Asia^[5].
• Syria's instance of is recorded as region^[6].
• Syria's instance of is recorded as historical region^[7].
• Syria's locator map image is recorded as Modern Levant.PNG^[8].
• Syria's part of is recorded as Middle East^[9].
• Syria's part of is recorded as Near East^[10].
• Syria's part of is recorded as Levant^[11].
• Syria's Commons category is recorded as Greater Syria^[12].
• Syria's said to be the same as is recorded as Levant^[13].
• Syria's said to be the same as is recorded as Syro-Palestine^[14].
• Syria's highest point is recorded as Qurnat as Sawda'^[15].
• Syria's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34, 'lon': 36}^[16].
• Syria's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0vsgd84^[17].
• Syria's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Fertile Crescent^[18].
• Syria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Syria (region)^[19].
• Syria's topic has template is recorded as Q25721345^[20].
• Syria's Pleiades ID is recorded as 1306^[21].
• Syria's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'ٱلشَّام'}^[22].
• Syria's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'Ash-Shām'}^[23].
• Syria's different from is recorded as Syria Palaestina^[24].
• Syria's different from is recorded as Bilad al-Sham^[25].
• Syria's different from is recorded as Greater Syria^[26].
• Syria's Nomisma ID is recorded as greek_syria^[27].

Body

Geography

Syria is on the body of water Levantine Sea^[3]. Syria's continent is recorded as Asia^[5]. Part of include Middle East^[9], a transcontinental region^[28], in Iran^[29]; Near East^[10], a cultural region^[30], in Achaemenid Empire^[31]; and Levant^[11], a region^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include region^[6] and historical region^[7].

Why It Matters

Syria draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #229 of 1,289).^[2] Syria has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Syria is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]