Al-Susah
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Al-Susah
ٱلسُّوسَة | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Al-Susah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°31′15″N 40°57′46″E / 34.52083°N 40.96278°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Abu Kamal |
| Subdistrict | al-Susah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 8,797 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C5186 |
Al-Susah (Arabic: ٱلسُّوسَة, romanized: as-Sūsah) is a Syrian town located in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Susah had a population of 8,797 in the 2004 census.[1]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Al-Susah | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
38.1 (100.6) |
40.5 (104.9) |
40.5 (104.9) |
36.3 (97.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
27.8 (82.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
12.8 (55.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) |
16 (0.6) |
15 (0.6) |
19 (0.7) |
7 (0.3) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
6 (0.2) |
9 (0.4) |
21 (0.8) |
118 (4.6) |
| Source: Climate Data | |||||||||||||
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
[edit]Al-Susah was one of the last holdouts of ISIS in Syria.[2] On January 15, 2019 Syrian Democratic Forces fully captured the town.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-11-24.
- ^ "Iraq attacks IS shelter in Syria's Al-Susah, 30 Commanders killed". United News of India. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Barić, Joško (2019-01-15). "Syrian War Daily – 15th of January 2019". Syrian War Daily. Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
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