Deir ez-Zor

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city

Deir ez-Zor is a major city in eastern Syria on the Euphrates River, known as a strategic regional center and the site of significant conflict during the Syrian civil war.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form As subject As object
Deir ez-Zor Governorate 0 3
Dayr az-Zawr 0 1
Deir Azzour 0 1
Deir Ezzor 0 1
Deir ez-Zor region 0 1
Raqqa 0 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city →
administrativeDivisionOf Syria →
alternativeName Deir ez-Zor →
surface form: Dayr az-Zawr

Deir ez-Zor →
surface form: Deir Azzour

Deir ez-Zor →
surface form: Deir Ezzor
capitalOf Deir ez-Zor self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Deir ez-Zor Governorate
controlledByDuringConflict Islamic State of Iraq and Syria →
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian government →
surface form: Syrian government forces
country Syria →
ethnicGroup Arabs →
Armenians →
Assyrians →
hasClimate arid climate →
hasEducationalInstitution Al-Furat University (campus) →
hasLandmark Armenian Genocide Memorial Church →
Deir ez-Zor Museum →
Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge →
hasMilitaryBase Syrian Arab Army →
surface form: Syrian Arab Army positions
historicalEvent Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) →
Syrian Civil War →
surface form: Syrian civil war
knownFor agriculture in Euphrates valley →
oil industry in surrounding region →
significant conflict during the Syrian civil war →
strategic regional center in eastern Syria →
languageUsed Arabic →
locatedEastOf Raqqa →
locatedIn Deir ez-Zor self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Deir ez-Zor Governorate
locatedInContinent Asia →
locatedInRegion Eastern Syria →
surface form: eastern Syria
locatedInSubregion Levant region →
surface form: Levant
locatedNortheastOf Palmyrene region →
surface form: Palmyra
locatedOnRiver Euphrates →
surface form: Euphrates River
locatedSoutheastOf Aleppo →
locatedWestOf Iraqi border →
majorReligion Islam →
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Dura-Europos →
Mari →
partOf Euphrates →
surface form: Euphrates River valley

Syrian Desert →
surface form: Syrian Desert region
riverCrossing Euphrates River bridges →
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time →
Eastern European Time →
transportInfrastructure Deir ez-Zor Airport →
highways connecting to Palmyra →
highways connecting to Raqqa →
roads connecting to Iraqi border →
utcOffset +02:00 →
utcOffsetDST +03:00 →

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Deir ez-Zor → alternativeName → Deir ez-Zor →
this entity surface form: Deir Ezzor
Deir ez-Zor → alternativeName → Deir ez-Zor →
this entity surface form: Dayr az-Zawr
Deir ez-Zor → alternativeName → Deir ez-Zor →
this entity surface form: Deir Azzour
Deir ez-Zor → capitalOf → Deir ez-Zor self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Syrian Desert → containsCity → Deir ez-Zor →
Euphrátēs → flowsThroughModernCity → Deir ez-Zor →
this entity surface form: Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Deir ez-Zor → locatedIn → Deir ez-Zor self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Armenian Genocide → location → Deir ez-Zor →
this entity surface form: Deir ez-Zor region
Euphrates → majorCityOnRiver → Deir ez-Zor →
this entity surface form: Raqqa
Euphrates → majorCityOnRiver → Deir ez-Zor →