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Syrian Arab Republic Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 16,128   Population 2000 (UN '000) 16,189
Area (km2) 184,366   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 119
Number of Administrative Units 13   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 1,241
Number of Urban Extents 58   Number of Settlement Points 36

Syrian Arab Republic Details

Names
ISO3-Code SYR
Continent Asia
Country Name Syrian Arab Republic
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Governorate (Mohafazat)
Number of Units 13
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 1,241
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1994
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 12,340
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 14,168
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 16,128
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 12,386
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 14,221
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 16,189
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 184,366
Average Input Resolution (km) 119
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 36
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,869,511
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 31,664
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 199,239
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 58
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,579
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 15
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 206
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 11,957
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,360,413
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,112
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 105,425
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 6,114,656
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 6%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 36%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 52%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 90
Regression-estimated Extents 1
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
1994 population data are from the United Nation''s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia 2001 volume, "Women and Men in the Syrian Arab Republic- A Statistical Portrait."
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
World Data Bank II
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Getty, NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1999, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Cities, mohafaza centres and man-tika centres.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population data were extrapolated to target years of 1990, 1995 and 2000 using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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