🇸🇾 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 |
| Damascus Governorate | SY-DI | 18 | 1,754,000 |
| Daraa Governorate | SY-DR | 137 | 1,027,000 |
| Deir ez-Zor Governorate | SY-DY | 90 | 1,239,000 |
| Hama Governorate | SY-HM | 537 | 1,628,000 |
| Hasakah Governorate | SY-HA | 217 | 1,512,000 |
| Homs Governorate | SY-HI | 314 | 2,145,184 |
| Idlib Governorate | SY-ID | 452 | 1,501,000 |
| Latakia Governorate | SY-LA | 96 | 1,364,985 |
| Quneitra Governorate | SY-QU | 28 | 49,195 |
| Raqqa Governorate | SY-RA | 120 | 944,000 |
| Rif Dimashq Governorate | SY-RD | 234 | 2,836,000 |
| Suwayda Governorate | SY-SU | 140 | 370,000 |
| Tartus Governorate | SY-TA | 98 | 797,000 |
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.