Deir ez-Zor

دير الزور
Deir Ezzor, Deir Azzor
دير الزور Deir Ezzor, Deir Azzor
	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
Government
• Type	Governorate
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population (2004 census)
• 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; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ, 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.

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 Ezzor.
A map showing the march of Khalid ibn al-Walid's army from Iraq to the Levant.
A map of al-Jazira region (Upper Mesopotamia) in the 8th century. Iyad played a leading role in the Muslim conquest of the region.
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.
Fadel Al-AboudPresident of Deir al-Zour government in 1918 and 1920.
King Faisal in 1920.