Al-Jalaa should not be confused with Jalaa SC.
Official Name: | Al-Jalaa |
Native Name: | Arabic: ٱلْجَلَاء |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Deir ez-Zor |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Abu Kamal |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | al-Jalaa |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 census |
Population Total: | 9171 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 34.632°N 40.8301°W |
Al-Jalaa (Arabic: ٱلْجَلَاء|al-Jalāʾ) is a small city in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Euphrates River, south of Deir ez-Zor. Nearby localities include al-Abbas to the west, al-Ramadi and Abu Kamal to the south and Kharayij and Hajin to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Jalaa had a population of 9,171 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") of the Abu Kamal District. The al-Jalaa subdistrict consists of six towns which had a collective population of 29,255 in 2004.[1]
In the Syrian Civil War the city was occupied by ISIL until the Syrian army captured it on 5 December 2017.[2]