FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
Dayr az-Zawr Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة دير الزور) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in eastern Syria, bordering Iraq. It has an area of 33,060 km² [1] and a population of 1,040,000 (2005 estimate) [2]. The capital is Dayr az-Zawr. The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... Suspended Bridge of Deir ez Zor over the Euphrates River Dayr az-Zawr, also spelled Deir ez Zor , Deir al-Zur and other variants (دير الزور in Arabic), in Armenian Ter Zor, means in English Brushwood Abbey is a city in eastern Syria on the Euphrates River and capital of Dayr az...
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