Al-Harmushiyah (, Harmoushieh) is a town in eastern

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

, administratively part of the

Deir ez-Zor Governorate Deir ez-Zor Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Dayr az-Zawr,'' Kurdish'':'' ''Parêzgeha Dêrezor'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in eastern Syria, bordering Iraq. It has an area of 33,060 k ...

. The town is located, on the

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northwest of the city of

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. It is across the Euphrates from the town of

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. In 1961

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geologists discovered very pure salt deposits near the town. During the Syrian Civil War, the town was occupied by

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until the SDF captured it on 4 October 2017.

Climate

Al-Harmushiyah has a desert climate. What little rain falls, falls during the winter, about annually. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BWh. The average annual temperature in Al-Harmushiyah is .

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harmushiyah Populated places in Deir ez-Zor District Populated places on the Euphrates River Towns in Syria