Syrian Arab Republic*
General Country Information
Capital: Damascus
Population: 22,198,110 (July 2010 est.)
Form of Government: Secular Single-party State
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 3.633 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 3.128 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 7,879 (2009)
Internet users: 3.565 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.37
World Rank 2005/2006: 104
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
National Disability Action Plan
National Plan for the Care and Habilitation of People with Disabilities (2008)
Disability Policy Website
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Blind Care Association in Damascus
P.O. Box 4881
Damascus
Syria
Email: bcadamas@yahoo.com
Tel: +96-311-8881919
Fax: +96-311-8880977
Community Based Rehabilitation Project
P.O. Box 10012
Damascus
Syria
Email: kaoru@scs-net.org
Tel: +963-11-3339359
Fax: +963-11-3334834
ICT Access Point for Disadvantaged Communities
http://www.knowledgenets.net
Email: nabieid@gmail.com
Mobile: +963-955572873
Tel: +963-33-832360
Fax: +963-33-832361
Syrian Federation of Deaf and Mute Welfare Societies
P.O. Box 31350
Damascus, Syria
Tel: +963-11-4277952
Fax: +963-11-2234336
Syrian Organization for the Disabled
Damascus 444 14
Email: info@aamalsyria.org
Tel: +963-5435247/8/9
Fax: +963-5448101