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
Country Syria
GovernorateDeir ez-Zor
DistrictAbu Kamal
SubdistrictAbu Kamal
Elevation
175 m (574 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)[2]
 • Total42,510[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Abu Kamal (Arabic: أَبُو كَمَال, romanizedʾAbū Kamāl) or Al-Bukamal (Arabic: ٱلْبُوكَمَال, romanizedal-Būkamāl) is a city on the Euphrates river in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate of eastern Syria 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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