Deir ez-Zor facts for kids
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Deir ez-Zor
دير الزور
Deir Ezzor, Deir Azzor
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A collage of Deir ez-Zor
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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)
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• City | 211,857 |
• Metro | 239,196 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EET) |
Area code(s) | 051 |
Deir ez-Zor , also spelled Dayr al-Zawr, Der Ezzor, Deir Azzor, and other variants (Arabic: دير الزور; Syriac: [ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), 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. 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. 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.
Images for kids
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A map showing the march of Khalid ibn al-Walid's army from Iraq to the Levant.
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The extent of the Ottoman Empire in 1566, upon the death of Suleiman the Magnificent.
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Ibrahim Pasha, the ruler of Syria (1831–1840).
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Former Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge crossing the Euphrates.
See also
In Spanish: Deir ez-Zor (ciudad) para niños