Middle East
type: Concept
narrower: Syria

Syria
type: Concept
broader: Middle East
definition: Syria is a Middle Eastern country that shares borders with Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon, as well as with a Mediterranean Sea coastline. The population of approximately 21.8 million is primarily Arab (90.3 percent) and Muslim (74 percent Sunni Muslim, 16 percent other Muslim). [Source: Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World; Syria]

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Syria