Local Supplies Markets
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Syrian food is rich in vegetables, grains, fruit, nuts, beans and aromatic spices
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Lemons, onion and garlic, as well as mint and parsley are used in vast quantities
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Syrian bread (pita) is served at most meals and is used to dip into pastes and salads
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Meals are stuffed with vegetables and vegetables are stuffed with meats
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A typical Syrian meal begins with mezze, a spread of salads, pickles and appetizers
Telephone Lines in Syria: 2004 - 2007
Year
Manual
2004
2,127
2005
2,011
2006
1,581
2007
1,547
Telephone Lines in Syria by District: 2007
Governate
Manual
Aleppo
Al-Hasakeh
1,026
Al-Rakka
62
Al-Sweida
Damascus
Damascus Rural
Dar'a
Deir-ez-Zor
Hama
246
Homs
85
Idleb
Lattakia
128
Quneitra
Tartous
Total
1,547
Source: Syrian Statistics: 2008
Automatic
2,659,449
2,904,552
3,244,537
3,453,976
Total
2,661,576
2,906,563
3,246,118
3,455,523
Automatic
623,810
136,570
80,476
80,139
598,146
489,222
137,376
126,370
251,776
333,404
170,561
231,983
14,120
180,023
3,453,976
Total
623,810
137,596
80,538
80,139
598,146
489,222
137,376
126,370
252,022
333,489
170,561
232,111
14,120
180,023
3,455,523
Production of Agriculture Crops – Syria: 2003 – 2007
2003
2004
2005
Cereals
Wheat
4,913,000
4,537,001 4,668,001
Barley
1,079,000
527,000
767,000
Maize
226,001
210,000
187,000
Millet
4,000
3,000
3,000
Legumes
Lentils
168,000
125,000
153,001
2006
2007
4,931,001
1,202,000
159,000
5,000
4,041,000
785,000
177,000
4,000
181,000
109,000
Chick Peas
Dry Broad Beans
Dry Haricot Beans
Dry Peas
Dry Rambling Vetch
Dry Flowering Sern
Dry Bitter Vetch
87,000
32,000
3,000
2,000
16,000
5,000
7,000
45,000
35,001
3,001
3,000
12,000
6,000
6,001
65,000
34,000
3,000
5,000
12,000
10,000
3,000
52,000
31,000
2,000
10,000
13,000
15,000
3,000
50,000
25,000
1,000
6,000
7,000
14,000
3,000