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The majority of Syrian Arabs speak a variety of dialects belonging to Levantine Arabic.Arab tribes and clans of Bedouin descent are mainly concentrated in the governorates of al-Hasakah, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and eastern Aleppo, forming roughly 30% of the total population and speaking a dialect related to Bedouin and Najdi Arabic.
Population history of Syria. In 1200, the territories of modern-day Syria had an estimated population of 2.7 million. [12] This number sharply decreased due to the Plague epidemic in 1348–1353, which killed off an estimated third of the Levant's population. By 1937, the population reached an estimated 2,368,000, still considerably lower than ...
Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Syria, and make up between 5 and 10 percent of the Syrian population. [24] [12] [2] [10] [1] The estimates are diluted due to the effects of the Syrian civil war and the permeability of the Syrian-Turkish border. [25]
The second-largest ethnic group in Syria are the Kurds. They constitute about 9% [342] to 10% [5] of the population, or approximately 2 million people (including 40,000 Yazidis [5]). Most Kurds reside in the northeastern corner of Syria and most speak the Kurmanji variant of the Kurdish language. [342]
The Alawite community - from which the Assad family originates - are the largest Muslim minority group in Syria, making up roughly 10 per cent of the population and situated largely in Syria’s ...
Population figures for Kurds in Syria are contentious and politicized. No census since the French mandate has included ethnic identity. Due to a lack of reliable data, only estimates can be given. [79] Most population estimates of Syrian Kurds range between 1.8 and 3.5 million, or about 8–15% of Syria's total population of 22 million. [80]
The largest country in land area is Algeria at 2,381,740 km 2. The smallest country in land area is the Gaza Strip at 360 km 2. The average population density for the MENA region is about 39 people per square kilometer. The highest population density is in the Gaza Strip, with about 5,102 people per square kilometer. The lowest population ...
Syria, [a] also known as Greater Syria or Syria-Palestine, [2] is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. [3] The region boundaries have changed throughout history. However, in modern times, the term "Syria" alone is used to refer to the Syrian Arab Republic.