Al-Shaafah الشعفة | |
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Town | |
  Al-Shaafah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:34°34′04″N40°56′03″E / 34.56778°N 40.93417°E /34.56778; 40.93417 | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Abu Kamal |
| Subdistrict | al-Susah |
| Control |  Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 18,956 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C5183 |
Al-Shaafah (Arabic:الشعفة,romanized: aš-Ša'fah) is aSyriantown located inAbu Kamal District,Deir ez-Zor. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS),Al-Shaafah had a population of 18,956 in the 2004 census.[1]
The town was part of the last strip of land inSyria controlled by theIslamic State (IS). On 6 January 2019, the town was fully captured by theSDF.[2]
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