Al-Harmushiyah (Arabic: هرموشية, Harmoushieh) is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate.[2] The town is located, on the Euphrates northwest of the city of Deir ez-Zor. It is across the Euphrates from the town of Al-Tabni.
Al-Harmushiyah
هرموشية | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Al-Harmushiyah | |
| Coordinates: 35°36′03″N 39°52′24″E / 35.60083°N 39.87333°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Deir ez-Zor |
| Subdistrict | al-Kasrah |
| Elevation | 251 m (823 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
In 1961 Soviet geologists discovered very pure salt deposits near the town.[3][4]
During the Syrian Civil War, the town was occupied by ISIL until the SDF captured it on 4 October 2017.[5]
Climate
editAl-Harmushiyah has a desert climate. What little rain falls, falls during the winter, about 150 mm (5.91 in) annually. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BWh. The average annual temperature in Al-Harmushiyah is 20.2 °C (68.4 °F).
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Elevation of Harmushiyah,Syria Elevation Map, Topo, Contour". FloodMap.
- ^ Geonames: Harmushiyah
- ^ "Soviet technicians". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 1962. p. 45.
- ^ "United Arab Republic (Syria)". Foreign Commerce Weekly. U.S. Commerce Department. 11 September 1961. p. 4.
- ^ عاصفة الجزيرة [Al Jazeera News Summary] (in Arabic). 22 March 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.