Deir ez-Zor

Deir ez-Zor
دير الزور
ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ
City
Suspension bridge • Memorial of Armenian genocide Euphrates River • March 8 Square Panorama of Deir ez-Zor
Suspension bridge • Memorial of Armenian genocide
Euphrates River • March 8 Square
Panorama of Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor is located in Syria
Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor
Location in Syria
Deir ez-Zor is located in Eastern Mediterranean
Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor (Eastern Mediterranean)
Deir ez-Zor is located in Asia
Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor (Asia)
Coordinates: 35°20′N 40°9′E / 35.333°N 40.150°E / 35.333; 40.150
CountrySyria Syria
GovernorateDeir ez-Zor Governorate
DistrictDeir ez-Zor District
SubdistrictDeir ez-Zor Subdistrict
Date of establishment3000 BC (old Deir Ezzour)
Government
 • GovernorFadil Najjar[2]
 • MayorMohamed Ibrahim Samra
Elevation
210 m (690 ft)
Population
 (2018 census)
 • Total271,800[1]
Demonym(s)Deiri
Arabic: ديري, romanizedDayri
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)Country code: 963
City code: 051
GeocodeC5086
ClimateBWh
International airportDeir ez-Zor Airport

Deir ez-Zor (Arabic: دَيْرُ ٱلزَّوْرِ / دَيْرُ ٱلزُّور, romanizedDayru z-Zawr / Dayru z-Zūr; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ, romanized: Dayrāʾ Zəʿōrtāʾ) is the largest city in eastern Syria and the seventh largest in the country. Located on the banks of the Euphrates River 450 km (280 mi) to the northeast of the capital Damascus, Deir ez-Zor is the capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate.[3] In the 2018 census, it had a population of 271,800.

  1. ^ "Deir ez-Zor city population". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012.
  2. ^ "President al-Assad issues decrees on appointing new governors for five Syrian provinces". 26 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Syrian Ministry of Tourism (in Arabic)". Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2007.

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