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Abu Kamal, also known by its native name بوكمال, is a village in Syria. It is situated within the Abu Kamal Subdistrict and the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. The settlement lies at an elevation of approximately 175 to 178 meters above sea level. Arabic serves as the official language, and the local time zone is UTC+02:00 or UTC+03:00.
Population figures for the area vary, with estimates ranging from 52,020 to 57,572 residents. The location is classified as a residential area. Current weather conditions include a temperature of 22.5 degrees, humidity at 35 percent, and wind speeds of 3.65.
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Place details
- Locality
- البوكمال
- Region
- محافظة دير الزور
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 57,572
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Key facts
- Country
- Syria
- Governorate
- Deir ez-Zor
- District
- Abu Kamal
- Subdistrict
- Abu Kamal
- Elevation
- 175 m (574 ft)
- Total
- 42,510
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- +3
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Encyclopedic overview
Abu Kamal (Arabic: أَبُو كَمَال, romanized: ʾAbū Kamāl), also known as Al-Bukamal (Arabic: ٱلْبُوكَمَال, romanized: al-Būkamāl), is a city in eastern Syria located on the Euphrates river in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate and near the border with Iraq. It is the administrative centre of the Abu Kamal District and the local subdistrict (Abu Kamal Subdistrict). Just to the south-east is the Al-Qa'im border crossing to the town of Husaybah in the Al-Qa'im District of Iraq's Al Anbar Governorate.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abu Kamal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.