Deir ez-Zor
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Deir ez-Zor دير الزور Deir Ezzor - Deir Azzor |
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Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge •Armenian Genocide Memorial The Euphrates • 8 March Square Irrigation canal • Suspension bridge at night • Downtown Deir ez-Zor |
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 Deir ez-Zor
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| Coordinates: 35°20′N 40°9′E / 35.333°N 40.150°E | |
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 Syria
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| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor Governorate |
| District | Deir ez-Zor District |
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| • Type | Governorate |
| Elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • City | 211,857 |
| • Metro | 239,196 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EET (UTC+3) |
| Area code(s) | 051 |
Coordinates: 35°20′N 40°9′E / 35.333°N 40.150°E
Deir ez-Zor (Arabic: دير الزور; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ, Armenian: Տէր Զօր, Դեր Զոր, Der Zor), also spelled Deir Ezzor, Deir Al-Zor, Deir-al-Zour,Dayr Al-Zawr, Der Ezzor, Deir Azzor, Deirazzor, and many other variants, is the largest city in eastern Syria and the seventh largest in the country. Located 450 km (280 mi) to the northeast of the capital Damascus on the shores of the Euphrates River, Deir ez-Zor is the capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. According to the 2004 census, it has a population of 211,857 people.
Among Syrians and neighbouring regions, Ad-Deir is used for short to indicate Deir ez Zor. The current name, which has been extended to the surrounding region, indicates an ancient site for one of the Early Christian secluded monasteries spread since the persecution times and Apostolic Age throughout Mesopotamia. Although Deir, which is Arabic for "monastery", was thought to be kept throughout Medieval and Modern Age renaming, Zor, which indicates the riverbank bush, appeared only in some late Ottoman records.
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