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Al-Jalaa الجلاء |
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| Coordinates: 34°37′55″N 40°49′48″E / 34.632043°N 40.830081°E | |
| Country |
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| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor Governorate |
| District | Abu Kamal District |
| Nahiyah | Al-Jalaa |
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| Population (2004 census) | |
| • Total | 9,171 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Al-Jalaa (Arabic: الجلاء) is a small city in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Euphrates River, south of Deir ez-Zor. Nearby localities include al-Abbas to the west, al-Ramadi and Abu Kamal to the south and Kharayij and Hajin to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Jalaa had a population of 9,171 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") of the Abu Kamal District. The al-Jalaa subdistrict consists of six towns which had a collective population of 29,255 in 2004.