Deir ez-Zor
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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) |
Deir ez-Zor , also spelled Dayr al-Zawr, Der Ezzor, Deir Azzor, and other variants (Arabic: دير الزور), 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 the Euphrates.
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
From the discoveries of Dura-Europos to the southeast of Deir ez-Zor
The march of Khalid ibn al-Walid's army from Iraq to the Levant
The extent of the Ottoman Empire in 1566, upon the death of Suleiman the Magnificent
Ibrahim Pasha, the ruler of Syria (1831–1840)
Ottoman Syria until World War I. Present borders in grey.
The Armenian leader Papasian considers the last remnants of the murders at Deir ez-Zor in 1915–1916.
King Faisal in 1920
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References
- ↑ Deir ez-Zor city population. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Syrian Ministry of Tourism (in Arabic). Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
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