Deir az-Zawr is a city in North Eastern Syria on the Euphrates River and capital of Deir az-Zawr governorate. It has a population of 133,000 (1994 estimate). It is a prosperous farming area, with cattle breeding, cereals and cotton crops. Since the discovery of light crude oil in the Syrian desert it has become a centre for the country's oil extraction industry.
Dayr az Zawr situated 85 km to the north-west of the archeological remains of Dura-Europos and 120km North West of the remains of the ancient city of Mari. During Roman times it was an important trading post between the Roman Empire and India. Conquered by Zenobia, it became part of the kingdom of Palmyra.
The modern town was built by the Ottoman Empire in 1867.
It has a regional level museum, Arabian Cultural Center and has a some academic faculties as Agriculture, Science, Arts & Human Sciences, Education, Law and Medicine with many vocational high schools and professional institutes. Local daily newspaper Al Furat published there.
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