Place:Dayr az-Zawr, Dayr az-Zawr, Syria

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NameDayr az-Zawr
Alt namesDayr-az-Zawrsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 321
Deir al-Zursource: Wikipedia
Deir ez Zorsource: Wikipedia
Deir Ez-Zorsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1985) III, 925
Dier-ez-Zorsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 321
TypeCity
Coordinates35.333°N 40.133°E
Located inDayr az-Zawr, Syria     (1867 - )
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Deir ez-Zor (; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ, Dayrāʾ Zəʿōrtāʾ) is the largest city in eastern Syria and the seventh largest in the country. Located to the northeast of the capital Damascus on the banks of the Euphrates River, Deir ez-Zor is the capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. In the 2018 census, it had a population of 271,800 people.

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