Abu Kamal District ( ar-at, منطقة البوكمال,
manṭiqat Albūkamāl) is a
district
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of the
Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Deir ez-Zor Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة دير الزور / 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 ( ...
in northeastern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. The
administrative centre
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the city of
Abu Kamal
Abu Kamal ( ar, أَبُو كَمَال, ʾAbū Kamāl) or Al-Bukamal ( ar, ٱلْبُوكَمَال, al-Būkamāl) is a city on the Euphrates river in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate of eastern Syria near the border with Iraq. It is the administra ...
. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 265,142.
The
Euphrates
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divides the district, with
Hajin
Hajin ( ar, هَجِين, Hajīn, also spelled Hajeen) is a small city in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Euphrates River, south of Deir ez-Zor. Nearby localities include al-Abbas to the we ...
and
As-Souseh subdistricts being part of Jazira (
Upper Mesopotamia
Upper Mesopotamia is the name used for the Upland and lowland, uplands and great outwash plain of northwestern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey, in the northern Middle East. Since the early Muslim conquests of the mid-7th century, ...
) while Abu Kamal and
Al-Jalaa subdistricts are part of the Shamiyah (the
Syrian Desert
The Syrian Desert ( ar, بادية الشام ''Bādiyat Ash-Shām''), also known as the North Arabian Desert, the Jordanian steppe, or the Badiya, is a region of desert, semi-desert and steppe covering of the Middle East, including parts of sou ...
). Abu Kamal is an economically prosperous farming region with cattle-breeding, cereals, and cotton crops. It is home to the historical site
Dura-Europos
Dura-Europos, ; la, Dūra Eurōpus, ( el, Δούρα Ευρωπός, Doúra Evropós, ) was a Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman border city built on an escarpment above the southwestern bank of the Euphrates river. It is located near the vill ...
and the
tell of the ancient
kingdom of Mari.
Subdistricts
The district of Abu Kamal is divided into four subdistricts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
*
Abu Kamal Subdistrict (ناحية البوكمال): population 92,031.
*
Hajin Subdistrict (ناحية هجين): population 97,870.
*
Al-Jalaa Subdistrict (ناحية الجلاء): population 29,255.
*
Al-Susah Subdistrict (ناحية السوسة): population 45,986.
References
Districts of Deir ez-Zor Governorate
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