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Political, physical and population maps of Syria with its 15 first-level divisions, the capital Damascus and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Syria

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 15 units

Syria is divided into 15 first-level administrative divisions:

AleppoAr RaqqahAs Suwayda'DamascusDar`aDayr Az ZawrHamahHasaka (Al Haksa)Homs (Hims)IdlibLattakiaQuneitraRif DimashqTartusUNDOF

Largest cities in Syria

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1Aleppo2,738,000
2DamascusCapital2,466,000
3Homs1,005,000
4Latakia539,147
5Douma496,145
6Hamah460,602
7Dayr az Zawr309,141
8Ar Raqqah177,636
9Tartus162,980
10Dar'a146,481

Aleppo is the largest urban area in Syria with about 2,738,000 people; the capital, Damascus, has about 2,466,000.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Syria: ≈ 2,808 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Dicle
  • Firat
  • Al Furat

🏞️ Lakes

  • Buhayrat al-Assad

Ethnic groups in Syria

CIA World Factbook
Arab ~
50%Alawite ~
15%Kurd ~
10%Levantine ~
10%other ~
15%

Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian)

Regionally, Arab is the most common ethnic group across most of the 15 divisions, while Alawite predominates in 2 divisions (Lattakia, Tartus); Kurd predominates in 1 division (Hasaka (Al Haksa)); Druze predominates in 1 division (As Suwayda').

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Syria

CIA World Factbook
Muslim
87%Christian
10%Druze
3%

Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3%

Regionally, Muslim is the most common religious group across most of the 15 divisions, while Druze predominates in 1 division (As Suwayda').

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Syria

CIA World Factbook

Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English

Regionally, Arabic is the most common language group across most of the 15 divisions, while Kurdish predominates in 1 division (Hasaka (Al Haksa)).

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.