Al-Asharah

Al-Asharah

ٱلْعَشَارَة
Al-Asharah ٱلْعَشَارَة
Town
	Al-Asharah
	Coordinates: 34°55′13″N 40°33′34″E / 34.92028°N 40.55944°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Deir ez-Zor
District	Mayadin
Subdistrict	Al-Asharah
Population (2004 census)
• Total	17,537
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Asharah (Arabic: ٱلْعَشَارَة, romanized: al-ʿAšārah, also spelled al-Ashareh or Esharah) is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Euphrates River, south of Deir ez-Zor. Nearby localities include al-Quriyah to the northeast, Makhan and Mayadin to the north, Suwaydan Jazirah to the southeast and Dablan to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Asharah had a population of 17,537 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative seat of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of seven localities with a total population of 96,001 in 2004. Al-Asharah is the third largest locality in the nahiyah.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims. From Arabians Tribes of Tayy Al-Rahabi and Al Uqaydat.^[2]

^ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Deir az-Zawr Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ Smith, 1841, p. 174.

[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Deir az-Zawr Governorate. (in Arabic)

[2] Smith, 1841, p. 174.

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