Syria learning maps, prepared 17 October 2026

Governorates: UN Cartographic Section (UNCS), UNOCHA and OCHA ROSC,
2017 administrative boundaries, distributed through geoBoundaries gbOpen.
Underlying source licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO.
Source: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/syrian-arab-republic-administrative-boundaries-populated-places
geoBoundaries: https://github.com/wmgeolab/geoBoundaries/tree/main/releaseData/gbOpen/SYR/ADM1
Data: geoBoundaries-SYR-ADM1_simplified.geojson
Metadata: syria-governorates-source-metadata.json, supplied with this guide.
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/

The supplied simplified governorate boundaries are retained without further
simplification so their shared edges remain aligned. Fourteen governorates are
retained, including Damascus separately from Rif Dimashq. Names are normalised
to readable English forms. Quneitra includes the Golan area in the source
reference boundaries. The Golan Heights are occupied Syrian territory. These
maps do not show current control, front lines or present security conditions.
Reference: https://docs.un.org/en/S/RES/497(1981)

Euphrates and Lake Assad: Natural Earth, public domain.
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/
https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines.geojson
https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_10m_lakes.geojson
The Euphrates combines source segments labelled Firat, Al Furat and Euphrates,
including the reservoir centreline. It is clipped to the governorate union
with a small border allowance. Lake Assad is generalised reference geometry,
not a current shoreline. The Mediterranean rectangle is an offshore learning
target and makes no maritime claim. The map also uses Natural Earth coastline
context through Worldly's existing map shell.

City coordinates are curated representative centres, not municipal boundaries.
Prompts and place notes: public/data/syria-map-places.json.
Geometry snapshot: scripts/syria-map-source.geojson.
Original governorate snapshot: scripts/syria-admin-source.geojson.
Rebuild: node scripts/build-syria-maps.mjs.

Sights use representative longitude/latitude pins for Wikipedia-linked places.
World Heritage inscriptions: https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/sy/
The selection represents all six properties. The two castles share one
inscription, and the ancient villages form one serial property. Tentative
List entries are distinguished from inscribed World Heritage properties.
The pins do not promise public access, opening times or safe routes.