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Al Raqa

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Al Raqa

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Also known as Leontopolis, ar-Raqqa, Raqa, ar-Raqa, Rakka, ar-Rakka, Raqqah, ar-Raqqah

ciudad siria

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Raqqa, also known as Ar Raqqah, is a city in Syria located within the Raqqa Subdistrict. It serves as the capital of the Raqqa Governorate, Raqqa District, and Raqqa Subdistrict. The city has an elevation of 245 meters above sea level and covers an area of 1,962 square kilometers. Its official name is الرَّقَّة, and it is situated in the UTC+02:00 time zone.

The population of Raqqa is recorded as 299,824, with a postal code of C5710 and a local dialing code of 22. The city was established in 244 and is designated as a Tentative World Heritage Site. It is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Raqqa has at various times been the capital of the Islamic State.

Synthesized by Vinony from 53 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, Firecrawl, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
الرقة
Region
محافظة الرقة
Country
سوريا
Population
531,952
Timezone
Asia/Damascus

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

53US AQIModerate
PM2.5
11.7 µg/m³
PM10
17.1 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-11 03:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

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Raqqa
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City
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Syria#Mediterranean east#Asia
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left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Raqqa within Syria
Settlement.pushpin_relief
yes
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Raqqa
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Raqqa
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Raqqa
Settlement.parts_style
para
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
244–242 BC
Settlement.subdivision_type5
De facto
Settlement.total_type
City

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

م. "هلال الحمد".. خبرةٌ زراعيةٌ وتميزٌ رياضي

esyria.sy →

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Travel guide

Understand

thumb|upright=1.4|The Abbasid-era Baghdad Gate, in front of Awis al-Qarni Mosque While Raqqa became know to the world as the capital of the self-declared Islamic State between 2013-2017, the city has a long history as a Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine city. Many historic sights and artifacts have however been destroyed or lost during the fight to liberate the city. As of early 2020 the local government is still struggling to bring back basic services, however efforts have been made to save and restore some of the historic buildings and sights within the city.

Get in

Buses and shared taxis do run from Damascus and Aleppo.

Get around

Shared taxi is the most common way of getting around with in the city, walking is an option in the centre. Be aware that many buildings are still in rubble and can be hazardous.

See

thumb|Ruins of the Qasr al-Banat castle. The ruins have mostly survived the civil war intact.

Drink

thumb|upright=1.4|The Euphrates near Raqqa

Stay safe

See the warning in the Syria article.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Article · Español

Al Raqa​ (en árabe, الرقة‎, al-Raqqa) es una ciudad de Siria, situada en el norte del país, junto al río Éufrates. Ocupada entre 2013 y 2017 por el autodenominado Estado Islámico, tras la batalla de Al Raqa la ciudad quedó bajo el control de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias en octubre de 2017.

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