Places · city
Deir ez-Zor
Terminus of the principal 1915-16 Armenian deportation routes; site of the Armenian Genocide memorial church (destroyed by ISIS 2014, rebuilt).
35.3360, 40.1490
Place context
Baseline place context
Deir ez-Zor is recorded as a city. Alternate names and historical labels: Terminus of the principal 1915-16 Armenian deportation routes; site of the Armenian Genocide memorial church (destroyed by ISIS 2014, rebuilt).. Coordinates are 35.336, 40.149.
No demographic observation is attached yet. Linked events include Aleppo-Deir ez-Zor death marches and camps.
This baseline note identifies why the place exists in the atlas and should be replaced by a richer treatment of settlement, administrative history, demographic change, and connected events. editorial
Events located here
| Year | Event | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Aleppo-Deir ez-Zor death marches and camps | massacre |