BIRIJIK, a town on the Euphrates in 3 7 ° N., 3 8 ° E., about 15m. above the railway bridge at Jerablus; it is on the telegraph line and the caravan route to Aleppo, Diarbekr, etc., and has an estimated population (1928) of 19,000, among whom are Arme nians, Arabs, Jews, Kurds and Turks.
The town lies in the centre of a district engaged chiefly in the cultivation of barley and wheat, and has a certain amount of trade—mostly locally, on the Euphrates—in agricultural products, butter, grapes and olive-oil. It is also a sheep-market, and has a small industry in boat-building.