Hajin

Hajin (, also spelled hajin city, language:) is a small city in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Euphrates River, south of Deir ez-Zor. Nearby localities include al-Abbas to the west, al-Ramadi to the south and Gharanij to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hajin had a population of 37,935 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") of the Abu Kamal District. The Hajin subdistrict consists of four towns which had a collective population of 97,970 in 2004. The al-Shaitat tribe is the largest tribe in the area. The Islamic State captured the town in 2014. They held control until losing it to the Syrian Democratic Forces on 14 December 2018 after a week and a half of heavy clashes and intense airstrikes by the United States-led Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve international coalition, and has since been part of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. It remained under the control of U.S.-backed Kurdish forces until their investigation on January 17–18, 2 0 2 6, and the entry of Syrian government forces affiliated with Ahmed al-Shara. Syrian Ministry of Defense forces

== History == In 1940 the anthropologist Henry Field identified Hajin as the location of the Al Bu Hardan tribal confederation, under a chief named Manawakh al Khalil. Field classified them as charid owners. A charid is described by Field as being a device used to pull water up steep banks using livestock so that it can be used for irrigation.