Abu Kamal District
Abu Kamal District (Arabic: منطقة البوكمال, romanized: manṭiqat Albūkamāl) is a district of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Abu Kamal. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 265,142.
The Euphrates divides the district, with Hajin and As-Souseh subdistricts being part of Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) while Abu Kamal and Al-Jalaa subdistricts are part of the Shamiyah (the Syrian Desert). Abu Kamal is an economically prosperous farming region with cattle-breeding, cereals, and cotton crops. It is home to the historical site Dura-Europos and the tell of the ancient kingdom of Mari.
Subdistricts
The district of Abu Kamal is divided into four subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):
- Abu Kamal Subdistrict (ناحية البوكمال): population 92,031.
- Hajin Subdistrict (ناحية هجين): population 97,870.
- Al-Jalaa Subdistrict (ناحية الجلاء): population 29,255.
- Al-Susah Subdistrict (ناحية السوسة): population 45,986.
References
- ^ "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ Musallam, Basim (2000). Martha Mundy (ed.). The transformation of nomadic society in the Arab East (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-521-77057-6. (NB The region Shamiyah is used by McIntosh to mean the Syrian Desert, or part thereof)
- ^ McIntosh, Jane (2005). "Shamiyah+desert"&pg=PA11 Ancient Mesopotamia: New Perspectives. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57607-965-2. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Abu Kamal nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
- ^ "Hajin nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
- ^ "Al-Jalaa nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
- ^ "As-Souseh nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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