Abu Kamal

Al-Bukamal
ٱلْبُوكَمَال / أَبُو كَمَال
The entrance to Abu Kamal from the town of Al-Salihiyah
The entrance to Abu Kamal from the town of Al-Salihiyah
Al-Bukamal is located in Syria
Al-Bukamal
Al-Bukamal
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°27′13″N 40°56′12″E / 34.45361°N 40.93667°E / 34.45361; 40.93667
CountrySyria
GovernorateDeir ez-Zor
DistrictAbu Kamal
SubdistrictAbu Kamal
ControlSyrian transitional government
Elevation
175 m (574 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)[2]
 • Total
42,510[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Abu Kamal (Arabic: أَبُو كَمَال, romanizedʾAbū Kamāl), also known as Al-Bukamal (Arabic: ٱلْبُوكَمَال, romanizedal-Būkamāl), is a city in eastern Syria located on the Euphrates river in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate and near the border with Iraq. It is the administrative centre of the Abu Kamal District and the local subdistrict (Abu Kamal Subdistrict). Just to the south-east is the Al-Qa'im border crossing to the town of Husaybah in the Al-Qa'im District of Iraq's Al Anbar Governorate.

  1. ^ Population of Abu Kamal 2004-09-22
  2. ^ "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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