Al-Harmushiyah
هرموشية
Town
Al-Harmushiyah is located in Syria
Al-Harmushiyah
Al-Harmushiyah
Coordinates: 35°36′03″N 39°52′24″E / 35.60083°N 39.87333°E / 35.60083; 39.87333
Country Syria
GovernorateDeir ez-Zor
DistrictDeir ez-Zor
Subdistrictal-Kasrah
Elevation
[1]
251 m (823 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

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

Al-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

  1. ^ "Elevation of Harmushiyah,Syria Elevation Map, Topo, Contour". FloodMap.
  2. ^ Geonames: Harmushiyah
  3. ^ "Soviet technicians". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 1962. p. 45.
  4. ^ "United Arab Republic (Syria)". Foreign Commerce Weekly. U.S. Commerce Department. 11 September 1961. p. 4.
  5. ^ عاصفة الجزيرة [Al Jazeera News Summary] (in Arabic). 22 March 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
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