Al-Susah

Al-Susah (Arabic: ٱلسُّوسَة, romanized: as-Sūsah) is a Syrian town located in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Susah had a population of 8,797 in the 2004 census.^[1]

Al-Susah ٱلسُّوسَة
Town
Al-Susah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°31′15″N 40°57′46″E / 34.52083°N 40.96278°E / 34.52083; 40.96278
Country	Syria
Governorate	Deir ez-Zor
District	Abu Kamal
Subdistrict	al-Susah
Population  (2004)
• Total	8,797
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode	C5186

Climate

Climate data for Al-Susah
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	13.8 (56.8)	16.7 (62.1)	21.1 (70.0)	26.6 (79.9)	32.5 (90.5)	38.1 (100.6)	40.5 (104.9)	40.5 (104.9)	36.3 (97.3)	30.2 (86.4)	22.0 (71.6)	15.7 (60.3)	27.8 (82.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.6 (36.7)	3.9 (39.0)	6.9 (44.4)	11.8 (53.2)	16.6 (61.9)	21.1 (70.0)	23.5 (74.3)	23.3 (73.9)	18.7 (65.7)	13.8 (56.8)	7.5 (45.5)	3.7 (38.7)	12.8 (55.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	25 (1.0)	16 (0.6)	15 (0.6)	19 (0.7)	7 (0.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	6 (0.2)	9 (0.4)	21 (0.8)	118 (4.6)
Source: Climate Data

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Al-Susah was one of the last holdouts of ISIS in Syria.^[2] On January 15, 2019 Syrian Democratic Forces fully captured the town.^[3]

References

1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-11-24.
2. "Iraq attacks IS shelter in Syria's Al-Susah, 30 Commanders killed". United News of India. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
3. Barić, Joško (2019-01-15). . Syrian War Daily. Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-01-17.

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