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What are the neighboring countries of Syria?
Land. Syria is bounded by Turkey to the north, by Iraq to the east and southeast, by Jordan to the south, and by Lebanon and Israel to the southwest.
What country surrounds the Mediterranean Sea?
Today 21 countries, with surface areas from 2 km2 to 2.4 million km2, have coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea. They are Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.
What 5 countries border the Mediterranean Sea?
The countries surrounding the Mediterranean in clockwise order are Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco; Malta and Cyprus are island countries in the sea.
Does Syria border the Mediterranean?
Syria is located in Western Asia, north of the Arabian Peninsula, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Lebanon and Israel to the west and southwest, Iraq to the east, and Jordan to the south….Geography of Syria.
| Continent | Asia |
|---|---|
| • Land | 99.4% |
| • Water | 0.6% |
| Coastline | 193 km (120 mi) |
Which Sea is to the west of Syria?
Mediterranean Sea
Syria is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest. The geography of Syria includes fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts.
How many countries are in the Mediterranean Sea?
The Mediterranean Sea region — the largest of the semi-enclosed European seas — is surrounded by 22 countries, which together share a coastline of 46 000 km. It is also home to around 480 million people living across three continents: Africa, Asia and Europe.
Where is Syria in the Middle East?
Syria is a country in the Middle East, with a coastline at the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, and it shares maritime borders with Cyprus.
Which country is called Syria?
Syria
| Syrian Arab Republic ٱلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلسُّورِيَّةُ (Arabic) al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah | |
|---|---|
| Demonym(s) | Syrian |
| Government | Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential Ba’athist republic under a hereditary military dictatorship |
| • President | Bashar al-Assad |
| • Prime Minister | Hussein Arnous |