Abu Kamal
Al-Bukamal
ٱلْبُوكَمَال / أَبُو كَمَال | |
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The entrance to Abu Kamal from the town of Al-Salihiyah | |
| Coordinates: 34°27′13″N 40°56′12″E / 34.45361°N 40.93667°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Abu Kamal |
| Subdistrict | Abu Kamal |
| Control | Syrian transitional government |
| Elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 42,510 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Abu Kamal (Arabic: أَبُو كَمَال, romanized: ʾAbū Kamāl), also known as Al-Bukamal (Arabic: ٱلْبُوكَمَال, romanized: al-Būkamāl), is a city in eastern Syria located on the Euphrates river in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate and near the border with Iraq. It is the administrative centre of the Abu Kamal District and the local subdistrict (Abu Kamal Subdistrict). Just to the south-east is the Al-Qa'im border crossing to the town of Husaybah in the Al-Qa'im District of Iraq's Al Anbar Governorate.