Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor , also spelled Dayr al-Zawr, Der Ezzor, Deir Azzor, and other variants (Arabic: دير الزور; Syriac: [ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Armenian: Տէր Զօր, Դեր Զոր, Ter Zor), is the 7th largest city in Syria and the largest in the eastern part of Syria. It is the capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate.[2] There were 211,857 people in 2004. It is on the shores of Euphrates River.
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دير الزور Deir Ezzor, Deir Azzor | |
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| Coordinates: 35°20′N 40°9′E / 35.333°N 40.150°ECoordinates: 35°20′N 40°9′E / 35.333°N 40.150°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor Governorate |
| District | Deir ez-Zor District |
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| • Type | Governorate |
| Elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
| Population (2004 census[1]) | |
| • City | 211,857 |
| • Metro | 239,196 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EET) |
The city is famous for the Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge across the Euphrates.[2] It was completed in 1927. The Deir ez-Zor Museum keeps thousands of items collected from nearby archeological sites in Northern Mesopotamia. Main campuses of Al-Furat University and Al-Jazeera University are also there.[3]
Deir Ez-Zor Media
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From the discoveries of Dura-Europos to the southeast of Deir ez-Zor
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The march of Khalid ibn al-Walid's army from Iraq to the Levant
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The extent of the Ottoman Empire in 1566, upon the death of Suleiman the Magnificent
Ibrahim Pasha, the ruler of Syria (1831–1840)
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Ottoman Syria until World War I. Present borders in grey.
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The Armenian leader Papasian considers the last remnants of the murders at Deir ez-Zor in 1915–1916.
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King Faisal in 1920
References
- ↑ "Deir ez-Zor city population". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Syrian Ministry of Tourism (in Arabic)". Archived from the original on 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
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