City profile · Syria · Asia
Deir ez-Zor
City population
271,800
#9
in Syria
#1
in Deir ez-Zor
#2,099
worldwide
35.336, 40.141 · 407 km from Damascus
About Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor is a city in Deir ez-Zor, Syria with a population of 271,800. It is the 9th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Syria, and the 2,099th largest worldwide. It lies 407 km from Damascus.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Elevation
210 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Damascus
Coordinates
35.336, 40.141
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 88 in SyriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.