Al-Shaafah

Al-Shaafah (Arabic: الشعفة, romanized: aš-Ša'fah) is a Syrian town located in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Shaafah had a population of 18,956 in the 2004 census.^[1]

Al-Shaafah الشعفة
Town
Al-Shaafah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°34′04″N 40°56′03″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Deir ez-Zor
District	Abu Kamal
Subdistrict	al-Susah
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population  (2004)
• Total	18,956
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode	C5183

The town was part of the last strip of land in Syria controlled by the Islamic State (IS). On 6 January 2019, the town was fully captured by the SDF.^[2]