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Raqqa
ٱلرَّقَّة | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Raqqa skyline • The Euphrates Raqqa city walls • Baghdad gate Qasr al-Banat Castle • Uwais al-Qarni Mosque | |
  Raqqa Location of Raqqa within Syria  Raqqa Raqqa (Eastern Mediterranean)  Raqqa Raqqa (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 35°57′N 39°01′E / 35.95°N 39.01°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Raqqa |
| District | Raqqa |
| Subdistrict | Raqqa |
| Founded | 244–242 BC |
| Control |  Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
| Area | |
| • City | 35 km2 (14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 245 m (804 ft) |
| Population (2021 estimate) | |
| • City | 531,952[1] |
| Demonym(s) | Arabic: رقاوي, romanized: Raqqawi |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| P-Code | C5710 |
| Area code | 22 |
| Geocode | SY110100 |
Raqqa (Arabic: ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: ar-Raqqah, also Rakka) is a city in Syria on the left bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 kilometres (99 miles) east of Aleppo. It is located 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine city and bishopric Callinicum (formerly a Latin and now a Maronite Catholic titular see) was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate between 796 and 809, under the reign of Harun al-Rashid. It was also the capital of the Islamic State from 2014 to 2017. With a population of 531,952 based on the 2021 official census, Raqqa is the sixth largest city in Syria.[2]
During the Syrian Civil War, the city was captured in 2013 by the Syrian opposition and then by the Islamic State. ISIS made the city its capital in 2014.[3] As a result, the city was hit by airstrikes from the Syrian government, Russia, the United States, and several other countries. Most non-Sunni religious structures in the city were destroyed by ISIS, most notably the Shia Uwais al-Qarni Mosque, while others were converted into Sunni mosques. On 17 October 2017, following a lengthy battle that saw massive destruction to the city, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF, a coalition fighting the government) declared the liberation of Raqqa from the Islamic State to be complete.[4]
- ^ "Raqqa Population". World Population Review. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "2004 Census Data for ar-Raqqah nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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