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  1. Date of Independence: April 17, 1946
  2. Date of Current Constitution: March 13, 1973
  3. Population: 17,213,871 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 71,498 sq. mi. 
  5. Capital: Damascus
  6. Form of Government: military republic 
  7. Main Industries: oil products, textiles, food processing, tobacco, phosphate mining, construction
  8. Agriculture: cotton, wheat, barley, gypsum
  9. Natural Resources: crude oil, natural gas, phosphates, asphalt, rock salt, marble, gypsum 
  10. Currency: pound
  11. GDP: $41.7 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per capita: $2,500 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, English, French
  14. Religions: Sunni Islam, other Islam, Christianity, Druze
  15. Literacy Rate: 71%
  16. Life Expectancy:     67 years (male)
  17.                 69 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 37 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 6 deaths per 1,000 population