Al-Asharah

Al-Asharah
ٱلْعَشَارَة
Town
Al-Asharah is located in Syria
Al-Asharah
Al-Asharah
Coordinates: 34°55′13″N 40°33′34″E / 34.92028°N 40.55944°E / 34.92028; 40.55944
Country Syria
GovernorateDeir ez-Zor
DistrictMayadin
SubdistrictAl-Asharah
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
17,537
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Asharah (Arabic: ٱلْعَشَارَة, romanizedal-ʿAšārah, also spelled al-Ashareh or Esharah) is a town 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-Quriyah to the northeast, Makhan and Mayadin to the north, Suwaydan Jazirah to the southeast and Dablan to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Asharah had a population of 17,537 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative seat of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of seven localities with a total population of 96,001 in 2004. Al-Asharah is the third largest locality in the nahiyah.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims. From Arabians Tribes of Tayy Al-Rahabi and Al Uqaydat.[2]

Al-Asharah is the administrative center of Nahiya al-Asharah of the Mayadin District.
  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Deir az-Zawr Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, 1841, p. 174.

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