🇸🇾 Syria 14 administrative divisions
14 first-level administrative divisions — states, provinces, regions or counties, depending on the country — and 3,739 cities and towns, each with latitude and longitude. Public domain, free to download, no API key.
The country
- ISO 3166-1
- SY · SYR · 760
- Capital
- Damascus
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- SYP — Syrian pound
- Calling code
- +963
- Internet domain
- .sy
- Divisions
- 14
- Cities and towns
- 3,739
Divisions
The 14 divisions of Syria
14 of them carry an ISO 3166-2 code. Counts are cities and towns inside each division.
| Division | ISO 3166-2 | Cities and towns | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleppo Governorate | SY-HL | 1,254 | 4,868,000 |
| Hama Governorate | SY-HM | 537 | 1,628,000 |
| Idlib Governorate | SY-ID | 452 | 1,501,000 |
| Homs Governorate | SY-HI | 314 | 2,145,184 |
| Rif Dimashq Governorate | SY-RD | 234 | 2,836,000 |
| Hasakah Governorate | SY-HA | 217 | 1,512,000 |
| Suwayda Governorate | SY-SU | 140 | 370,000 |
| Daraa Governorate | SY-DR | 137 | 1,027,000 |
| Raqqa Governorate | SY-RA | 120 | 944,000 |
| Tartus Governorate | SY-TA | 98 | 797,000 |
| Latakia Governorate | SY-LA | 96 | 1,364,985 |
| Deir ez-Zor Governorate | SY-DY | 90 | 1,239,000 |
| Quneitra Governorate | SY-QU | 28 | 49,195 |
| Damascus Governorate | SY-DI | 18 | 1,754,000 |
A further 4 places could not be matched to a
division and are listed separately in the API as
"unassigned": true.
Get it
Both files, in one request each
# every division of Syria
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/regions/SY.json
# the cities and towns of one division (id from the file above)
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/cities/SY/<id>.jsonNo key, no account, no rate limit. The endpoints · try it live.