return {
lang = "ar",
["DI"] = {name="Damascus",isoname="Dimashq",altnames={"Damascus Govrenorate"}},
["DR"] = {name="Daraa",isoname="Dar'ā",altnames={"Daraa Govrenorate"}},
["DY"] = {name="Deir ez-Zor",isoname="Dayr az Zawr",altnames={"Deir ez-Zor Govrenorate"}},
["HA"] = {name="Hasaka",isoname="Al Ḩasakah",altnames={"Hasaka Govrenorate"}},
["HI"] = {name="Homs",isoname="Ḩimş",altnames={"Homs Govrenorate"}},
["HL"] = {name="Aleppo",isoname="Ḩalab",altnames={"Aleppo Govrenorate"}},
["HM"] = {name="Hama",isoname="Ḩamāh",altnames={"Hama Govrenorate"}},
["ID"] = {name="Idlib",isoname="Idlib",altnames={"Idlib Govrenorate"}},
["LA"] = {name="Latakia",isoname="Al Lādhiqīyah",altnames={"Latakia Govrenorate"}},
["QU"] = {name="Quneitra",isoname="Al Qunayţirah",altnames={"Quneitra Govrenorate"}},
["RA"] = {name="Raqqa",isoname="Ar Raqqah",altnames={"Raqqa Govrenorate"}},
["RD"] = {name="Rif Dimashq",isoname="Rīf Dimashq",altnames={"Rif Dimashq Govrenorate"}},
["SU"] = {name="As-Suwayda",isoname="As Suwaydā'",altnames={"As-Suwayda Govrenorate"}},
["TA"] = {name="Tartus",isoname="Ţarţūs",altnames={"Tartus Govrenorate"}}
}
