4. Religion/Ideology-what type of
religious activity is present?
Religion in Syria is represented by 74% Islam
(Sunni), 12% Alawite, 3% Druze, and other Islamic sects, 10% Christian (various
sects), and there is some Jewish representation (tiny communities in Damascus,
Al Qamishli, and Aleppo).
5. Economy:
- · Syria is classified by the World Bank as a "lower middle income country."
- · GDP is 64.7 billion.
- · Unemployment rate is 17.8%.
- · Main exports are crude oil, minerals, and petroleum products.
- · Main imports are machinery and transport equipment along with food and metal.
- · Syria remains dependent on the oil and agriculture sectors. The oil sector provides about 40% of export earnings.
- · Syria also produces 22 million cubic meters of gas per day, with estimated reserves around 8.5 trillion cubic feet (240 km3). Although currently Syria cannot export gas but they are working with international energy companies to be able to in the future.
6. Technology:
- Syria has about 4.469 million (2009) internet users. (CIAFACTBOOK) This puts them 52nd on the country internet users list.
- They have around 12,928,000 mobile cellular telephone subscribers.
The projects include eight node pumping stations in Damascus, built at a cost of ($4.39m), which will supply 12,500m³ of water a day. Syria also commissioned the Al-Rabwa pumping station, which was built at a cost of ($4.64m) and supplies 28,000m³ of water a day to the capital.
- The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide €55m ($72.7m) to improve the water supplies and wastewater collection and treatment of north-west Syria.
- The project will improve water and wastewater services for over 370,000 inhabitants of 200 villages and will strengthen the region's environmental sustainability by reducing wastewater discharges into the Mediterranean Sea.'
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