Official Name: | Abu Hamam |
Native Name: | أبو حمام |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Parts Type: | Control |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Coordinates: | 34.8325°N 40.6619°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Deir ez-Zor |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Abu Kamal |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Hajin |
Population Total: | 21,947 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Blank Name Sec1: | City Qrya Pcode |
Blank Info Sec1: | C5174 |
Abu Hamam (Arabic: أبو حمام) is a Syrian town located in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 21,947 in the 2004 census.[1]
See also: Syrian civil war.
Abu Hamam was captured from the Islamic State by Syrian Democratic Forces on 1 December 2017.[2]
On 3 March 2022, a fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces was shot dead in the town by Islamic State gunmen.[3]
On 3 June 2022, two fighters and a smuggler were killed after Syrian forces launched an anti-smuggling operation in the town.[4]