Al-Busayrah الْبُصَيْرَة | |
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Town | |
  Al-Busayrah | |
| Coordinates:35°09′20″N40°25′33″E / 35.15556°N 40.42583°E /35.15556; 40.42583 | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Deir ez-Zor |
| Subdistrict | al-Busayrah |
| Control |  Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 6,199 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Busayrah (Arabic:الْبُصَيْرَة,romanized: al-Buṣayrah) is a town in easternSyria, administratively part of theDeir ez-Zor Governorate. The town is located, at the confluence of theEuphrates andKhabur Rivers, southeast ofDeir ez-Zor. Nearby localities includeMuhassan to the northwest andal-Asharah,Mayadin andHajin to the southeast. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Busayrah had a population of 6,199 in the 2004 census.[1] The town was known by its Latin name,Circesium, under theRoman Empire.
During theSyrian Civil War, the city was part of theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant until theSyrian Democratic Forces captured it on 12 November 2017, bringing it under theAutonomous Administration of North and East Syria. On 6 August 2024, Syrian Army Backed Tribal Forces claimed to have captured the city amid an announced offensive in the region.[2]
In Al-Busayrah, there is a desert climate. Most rain falls in the winter. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BWh. The average annual temperature in Al-Busayrah is 20.2 °C (68.4 °F). About 154 mm (6.06 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Al-Busayrah | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.1 (55.6) | 15.9 (60.6) | 20.2 (68.4) | 25.9 (78.6) | 32.1 (89.8) | 37.6 (99.7) | 40.5 (104.9) | 40.4 (104.7) | 35.8 (96.4) | 29.7 (85.5) | 21.6 (70.9) | 14.9 (58.8) | 27.3 (81.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) | 3.9 (39.0) | 7.0 (44.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 16.7 (62.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.2 (75.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 13.9 (57.0) | 7.7 (45.9) | 3.8 (38.8) | 13.1 (55.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 29 (1.1) | 24 (0.9) | 25 (1.0) | 22 (0.9) | 9 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.0) | 7 (0.3) | 12 (0.5) | 25 (1.0) | 154 (6.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org, Climate data | |||||||||||||
