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==Summary== '''Syria - Population Density from the CIA Atlas of the Middle East 1993 (86K)''' *Source: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at The University of Texas at Austin [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east.html] *License: Above a list o