Place:Dayr az-Zawr, Syria

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NameDayr az-Zawr
Alt namesDayr az Zawrsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 628
Dayr az-Zawr governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Deir ez-Zorsource: wikipedia
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates35.333°N 40.15°E
Located inSyria
Contained Places
General region
Al Manāṣif
Kabd Warqah
Ṣārim
Ṭaraq Sidâoui
Ṭaraq an-Naʿjah
Inhabited place
Abu Kamal
Al Mayādīn
Al ʿAshārah
Aṣ-Ṣuwār
Bugrus
Buṣayrah
Dablān
Dayr az-Zawr ( 1867 - )
Suwaydah
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Deir ez-Zor Governorate ( / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Dayr az-Zawr) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in eastern Syria, bordering Iraq. It has an area of 33,060 km2 (12,760 sq mi) and a population of 1,239,000 (2011 estimate). The capital is Deir ez-Zor. It is divided roughly equally from northwest to southeast by the Euphrates. Most of the territory on the river's left bank is part of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, while that on the right bank is controlled by the Syrian government. Dayr az-Zawr is a governorate.

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