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Capital of Syria
The capital of Syria is Damascus. The largest, Damascus, has around 2,685,360 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALDamascus
POPULATION2,685,360
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Damascus2,685,360 people
In context
Where Damascussits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MDamascus is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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