Syria

Syria

• Project Approved - 34th meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund (2001).
• Project Sectors - grain storage.
• Project Impact - phase out of 105 ODP tons of methyl bromide.
• Project Duration - 4 years.
• Total Project Cost -1,084,139 US$.
• The Syrian Arabic Republic is located in the Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey. Its territory covers an area of 185,180 km².
• Most of the country is a semi-arid and desert plateau with the exception of a narrow costal plain and mountains in the west. Almost 25% of the land is arable, of which only 4.43% is used for permanent crops.
  
• Climate - mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus.
• Population - 18,448,752 (2005 est.).
• Median Population Age - 20.37 years (2005 est.).
• Agriculture accounts for 25%of the total GDP.

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