page_title: Deir ez-Zor
hierarchical_section_title: Deir ez-Zor
caption_attribution_description: English: Deir ez-Zor Collage, Syria Top: Hotels in Deir ez-Zor, Ascription: Soman Source Middle Left: Church in Deir ez-Zor, Ascription: Soman Source Bottom Left: Armenian Genocide Memorial, Ascription: Ashnag Source Right Under Top: March 8 Square, Ascription: Saahat azar 8 Source Middle Right Under Top: Deir ez-Zor Suspension Bridge, Ascription: Brejnev, Chadi Samaan Source Bottom Right: Euphrates River and a bridge, Ascription: Heretiq Source Bottom Middle: Euphrates and general river, Ascription: Soman Source Türkçe: Deir ez-Zor Kolajı, Suriye Deutsch: Deir ez-Zor Colage, Syrien Collection:
context_page_description: Deir ez-Zor, also spelled Dayr al-Zawr, Der Ezzor, Deir Azzor, and other variants, is the 7th largest city in Syria and the largest in the eastern part of Syria. It is the capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. There were 211,857 people in 2004. It is on the shores of Euphrates River.
  The city is famous for the Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge across the Euphrates. It was completed in 1927. The Deir ez-Zor Museum keeps thousands of items collected from nearby archeological sites in Northern Mesopotamia. Main campuses of Al-Furat University and Al-Jazeera University are also there.
context_section_description: Deir ez-Zor , also spelled Dayr al-Zawr, Der Ezzor, Deir Azzor, and other variants (Arabic: دير الزور‎; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ‎, Armenian: Տէր Զօր, Դեր Զոր, Ter Zor), is the 7th largest city in Syria and the largest in the eastern part of Syria. It is the capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. There were 211,857 people in 2004.  It is on the shores of Euphrates River.  
  The city is famous for the Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge across the Euphrates. It was completed in 1927.  The Deir ez-Zor Museum keeps thousands of items collected from nearby archeological sites in Northern Mesopotamia. Main campuses of Al-Furat University and Al-Jazeera University are also there.
caption: A collage of Deir ez-Zor
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