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Syrian Desert

The Syrian Desert, or Southeastern Desert, is a vast and sparsely populated region in southeastern . It is the basin of the river Euphrates. It consists of the districts Ar-Raqqa, Al-Hassakeh, Deir az-Zur and parts of the provinces of Muḥafaẓat Ḥimṣ, Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamāh and Rif Dimashq.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Palmyra and Deir-az-Zur.

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was the only oasis in and perhaps the only truly tourist town. was known as Tadmor to the Syrians. Both meant the same thing - date palm.

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is a city in . Its name may also be spelled Deir-ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor or any number of other variations.

Syrian Desert

  • Type: desert
  • Description: region of desert, semi-desert and steppe of the Middle East; in parts of Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Badia”, “Jordanian steppe”, and “Syrian steppe”
  • Category: steppe
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude
34.8333° or 34° 49′ 60″ north
Longitude
38.8333° or 38° 49′ 60″ east
Open location code
8G6WRRMM+88
Wiki­data ID
Q339162
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Syrian Desert” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Siriese woestyn”
  • Arabic: “بادية الشام”
  • Armenian: “Սիրիական անապատ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Suriya səhrası”
  • Basque: “Siriako basamortua”
  • Basque: “Siriar basamortua”
  • Belarusian: “Сірыйская пустыня”
  • Bengali: “সিরিয়া মরুভূমি”
  • Bengali: “সিরীয় মরুভূমি”
  • Bulgarian: “Сирийска пустиня”
  • Catalan: “desert de Síria”
  • Catalan: “Desert de Síria”
  • Central Kurdish: “بیابانی سووریا”
  • Chinese: “叙利亚沙漠”
  • Chinese: “敘利亞沙漠”
  • Croatian: “Sirijska pustinja”
  • Czech: “Syrská poušť”
  • Dutch: “Syrische Woestijn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بادية الشام”
  • Esperanto: “Siria Dezerto”
  • Estonian: “Süüria kõrb”
  • Finnish: “Syyrian aavikko”
  • French: “Chamiyé”
  • French: “désert de Syrie”
  • French: “Désert de Syrie”
  • Galician: “Deserto sirio”
  • Georgian: “სირიის უდაბნო”
  • German: “Badia-Wüste”
  • German: “Syrische Wüste”
  • Greek: “Συριακή Έρημος”
  • Hebrew: “המדבר הסורי”
  • Hindi: “सीरियन”
  • Hindi: “सीरियाई मरुस्थल”
  • Hungarian: “Szír-sivatag”
  • Indonesian: “Gurun Suriah”
  • Italian: “deserto siriaco”
  • Italian: “Deserto siriaco”
  • Italian: “deserto siriano”
  • Italian: “Deserto siriano”
  • Japanese: “シリア・ステップ”
  • Japanese: “シリア砂漠”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿರಿಯಾ ಮರುಭೂಮಿ”
  • Kirghiz: “Сирия чөлү”
  • Korean: “시리아 사막”
  • Kurdish: “Çola Sûriyê”
  • Lithuanian: “Sirijos dykuma”
  • Macedonian: “Сириска Пустина”
  • Malayalam: “സിറിയൻ മരുഭൂമി”
  • Minangkabau: “Gurun Suriah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den syriske ørken”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den syriske ørkenen”
  • Norwegian: “Den syriske ørken”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੀਰੀਆਈ ਮਾਰੂਥਲ”
  • Persian: “بیابان شام”
  • Persian: “صحرای سوریه”
  • Polish: “Pustynia Syryjska”
  • Portuguese: “Deserto Sírio”
  • Romanian: “Deşertul sirian”
  • Romanian: “Deşertul Sirian”
  • Romanian: “Deșertul sirian”
  • Romanian: “Deșertul Sirian”
  • Russian: “Сирийская пустыня”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fàsach Shirianach”
  • Serbian: “Сиријска пустиња”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sirijska pustinja”
  • Slovak: “Sýrska púšť”
  • Slovenian: “Sirijska puščava”
  • Slovenian: “Sirska puščava”
  • Spanish: “Desierto sirio”
  • Spanish: “Desierto Sirio”
  • Swedish: “Syriska öknen”
  • Tajik: “Биёбони Сурия”
  • Tamil: “சிரிய பாலைவனம்”
  • Thai: “ทะเลทรายซีเรีย”
  • Turkish: “Suriye Çölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Сирійська пустеля”
  • Urdu: “صحرائے شام”
  • Uzbek: “Suriya choʻli”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoang mạc Syria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Disyerto Siryano”
  • Welsh: “Diffeithwch Syria”
  • Western Armenian: “Սուրիական անապատ”
  • Wu Chinese: “叙利亚沙漠”
  • Yue Chinese: “敘利亞沙漠”

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