Al-Jalaa
| Al-Jalaa الجلاء | |
|---|---|
  Al-Jalaa | |
| Coordinates: 34°37′55″N 40°49′48″E / 34.632043°N 40.830081°E | |
| Country |
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| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor Governorate |
| District | Abu Kamal District |
| Nahiyah | Al-Jalaa |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 9,171 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Jalaa (Arabic: الجلاء) 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 and Abu Kamal to the south and Kharayij and Hajin to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Jalaa had a population of 9,171 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") of the Abu Kamal District. The al-Jalaa subdistrict consists of six towns which had a collective population of 29,255 in 2004.[1]
Al-Jalaa is the administrative center of Nahiya al-Jalaa of the Abu Kamal District.
In Syrian civil war city was occupied by ISIL until Syrian army captured town at 5 December 2017.[2]
References
- 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Deir az-Zawr Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ Breaking: Syrian Army on the cusp of final victory over ISIS in eastern Syria
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