Syrian Desert

The Syrian Desert is a vast and sparsely populated region in southeastern . It is the basin of the river Euphrates. It consists of the governorates of Raqqa, Al-Hasakah, Deir ez-Zor and parts of the governorates of Homs, Hama and Rif Dimashq.
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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 on the north bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 kilometres east of . It is located 40 kilometres east of the , Syria's largest dam.

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

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Kobanî, also known as Kobane or Ayn al-Arab, is a Kurdish-majority city in the in northern , lying immediately south of the Syria–Turkey border.

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is the capital of the Governorate in . It is the eighth largest city of with a population of 180.000 inhabitants. It is best known for its ethnically diverse population of Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians, and smaller numbers of .

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is a city in the Syrian Desert, on the border with Turkey, facing the city of on the side of the border.

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is a city in . is an ancient city, but unfortunately almost all sights have been destroyed.

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also spelled Tal Abyad, is a town in northern . It is the administrative center of the within the .

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, formerly Al-Thawrah, is a city in , , approximately 55 kilometres west of . Until the 1960s it had been a relatively small settlement. The city had a population of 69,425 as of the 2004 census.

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”, “Badiet-es Cham”, “Bādiyat ash Shām”, “Jordanian steppe”, “Syrian desert”, and “Syrian steppe”
  • Category: steppe
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
32° north
Longitude of center
40° east
Elevation
780 metres (2,559 feet)
Geo­Names ID
163842
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”
  • Latvian: “Sīrijas tuksnesis”
  • Lithuanian: “Sirijos dykuma”
  • Macedonian: “Сириска Пустина”
  • Malayalam: “സിറിയൻ മരുഭൂമി”
  • Mazanderani: “باديه الشام”
  • 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: “deșertul sirian”
  • Romanian: “Deșertul Sirian”
  • Romanian: “stepa iordaniană”
  • 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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