Deir ez-Zor

Summary

Deir ez-Zor is a city^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (352 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Deir ez-Zor is located in Deir-ez-Zor Subdistrict^[3].
• Deir ez-Zor is in the country of Syria^[4].
• Deir ez-Zor's image is recorded as Deir ez-Zor collection.jpg^[5].
• Deir ez-Zor's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Deir ez-Zor's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Deir ez-Zor's instance of is recorded as populated place in Syria^[8].
• Deir ez-Zor's twinned administrative body is recorded as Armavir^[9].
• Deir ez-Zor's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132566022^[10].
• Deir ez-Zor's GND ID is recorded as 4010920-3^[11].
• Deir ez-Zor's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83216229^[12].
• Deir ez-Zor's Commons category is recorded as Dayr az-Zawr^[13].
• Deir ez-Zor's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 18373249^[14].
• Deir ez-Zor's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[15].
• Deir ez-Zor's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[16].
• Deir ez-Zor's local dialing code is recorded as 051^[17].
• Deir ez-Zor's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.333333333333, 'lon': 40.15}^[18].
• Deir ez-Zor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/050tsl^[19].
• Deir ez-Zor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Deir ez-Zor^[20].
• Deir ez-Zor's Commons gallery is recorded as Deir ez-Zor^[21].
• Deir ez-Zor's page banner is recorded as Deir-az-Zur banner Euphrates River.png^[22].
• Deir ez-Zor's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1918000'}^[23].
• Deir ez-Zor's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1201000'}^[24].
• Deir ez-Zor's population is recorded as {'amount': '+271800'}^[25].
• Deir ez-Zor's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Deir ez-Zor's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[27].

Body

Geography

Deir ez-Zor is in the country of Syria^[4]. It is located in Deir-ez-Zor Subdistrict^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Deir ez-Zor's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+210'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1918000'}^[23], {'amount': '+1201000'}^[24], and {'amount': '+271800'}^[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], big city^[7], and populated place in Syria^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Deir ez-Zor include Deir ez-Zor Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in Syria^[31].

Why It Matters

Deir ez-Zor ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (352 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Deir ez-Zor Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in Syria^[31].