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Deir ez-Zor

city in eastern Syria
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Summary

Deir ez-Zor is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,804 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Deir-ez-Zor Subdistrict[3]
  • Country: Syria[4]
  • Instance of: big city[5], populated place in Syria[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: Armavir[7]
  • Commons category: Dayr az-Zawr[8]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[9], UTC+03:00[10]
  • Local dialing code: 051[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Deir ez-Zor[12]
  • Commons gallery: Deir ez-Zor[13]
  • Population: 1,918,000[14], 1,201,000[15], 271,800[16]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18]
  • Capital of: Deir ez-Zor Governorate[19], Zor sanjak[20]
  • Official name: دير الزور[21]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Deir ez-Zor[22]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Deir ez-Zor[23]
  • Native label: دير الزور[24]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Deir ez-Zor[25]
  • Elevation above sea level: 210 m[26]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Deir ez-Zor include Deir ez-Zor Airport[27], an international airport[28], in Syria[29].

Why It Matters

Deir ez-Zor has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include Deir ez-Zor Airport[27], an international airport[28], in Syria[29].

Related Entities

Al-Furat University city Syria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . archive.ph. archive.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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