Abu Kamal District Explained

Abu Kamal District
Native Name:	Arabic: منطقة البوكمال
Settlement Type:	District
Coor Pinpoint:	Abu Kamal
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Governorate
Subdivision Name1:	Deir ez-Zor
Parts Type:	Subdistricts
Parts Style:	para
P1:	4 nawāḥī
Seat:	Abu Kamal
Geocode:	SY0902
Area Total Km2:	6807.01
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	265142
Population As Of:	2004
Population Density Km2:	auto

Abu Kamal District (Arabic: منطقة البوكمال|[[mintaqah|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).^[2] ^[3] 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.^[4]
Hajin Subdistrict (ناحية هجين): population 97,870.^[5]
Al-Jalaa Subdistrict (ناحية الجلاء): population 29,255.^[6]
Al-Susah Subdistrict (ناحية السوسة): population 45,986.^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: 2004 Census Data . . 15 October 2015.
Book: Musallam. Basim. Martha Mundy. The transformation of nomadic society in the Arab East. 2000. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, England. 978-0-521-77057-6. 64. 1. publ.. (NB The region Shamiyah is used by McIntosh to mean the Syrian Desert, or part thereof)
Book: McIntosh. Jane. Ancient Mesopotamia: New Perspectives. 2005. ABC-CLIO. Santa Barbara. 978-1-57607-965-2. 11. 3 February 2017. McIntosh. en.
Web site: Abu Kamal nahiyah population . https://web.archive.org/web/20200805124641/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB09-8-2004.htm . dead . August 5, 2020 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-06-18 .
Web site: Hajin nahiyah population . https://archive.today/20130112145530/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB09-9-2004.htm . dead . 2013-01-12 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-06-18 .
Web site: Al-Jalaa nahiyah population . https://web.archive.org/web/20191215185104/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB09-10-2004.htm . dead . 2019-12-15 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-06-18 .
Web site: As-Souseh nahiyah population . https://web.archive.org/web/20191216001524/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB09-11-2004.htm . dead . 2019-12-16 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-06-18 .