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Al-Harmushiyah (Arabic: هرموشية, Harmoushieh) is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate.[2] The town is located, on the Euphrates northwest of the city of Deir ez-Zor. It is across the Euphrates from the town of Al-Tabni.

Al-Harmushiyah هرموشية
Town
Al-Harmushiyah
Coordinates: 35°36′03″N 39°52′24″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Deir ez-Zor
District	Deir ez-Zor
Subdistrict	al-Kasrah
Elevation [1]	251 m (823 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

In 1961 Soviet geologists discovered very pure salt deposits near the town.[3][4]

During the Syrian Civil War, the town was occupied by ISIL until the SDF captured it on 4 October 2017.[5]

Climate

Al-Harmushiyah has a desert climate. What little rain falls, falls during the winter, about 150 mm (5.91 in) annually. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BWh. The average annual temperature in Al-Harmushiyah is 20.2 °C (68.4 °F).

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