Deir ez-Zor

Deir ez-Zor دير الزور
City
Suspension bridge of Deir ez-Zor • Memorial of Armenian genocide Euphrates River • March 8 Square Panorama of Deir ez-Zor
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Coordinates: 35°20′N 40°9′E / 35.333°N 40.150°E / 35.333; 40.150
Country	Syria
Governorate	Deir ez-Zor Governorate
District	Deir ez-Zor District
Subdistrict	Deir ez-Zor Subdistrict
Control	Syrian transitional government
Date of establishment	3000 BC (old Deir Ezzour)
Government
• Governor	Munhal Nader Hanawi[2]
• Mayor	Mohamed Ibrahim Samra
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population  (2018 census)
• Total	271,800[1]
Demonym(s)	Deiri Arabic: ديري, romanized: Dayri
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
Area code(s)	Country code: 963 City code: 051
Geocode	C5086
Climate	BWh
International airport	Deir ez-Zor Airport

Deir ez-Zor (Arabic: دَيْرُ ٱلزَّوْرِ / دَيْرُ ٱلزُّور, romanized: Dayru z-Zawr / Dayru z-Zūr) is the largest city in eastern Syria and the seventh largest in the country. Located on the banks of the Euphrates 450 km (280 mi) to the northeast of the capital Damascus, Deir ez-Zor is the capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate.^[3] In the 2018 census, it had a population of 271,800.