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Raqqa
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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.
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Place details
- Locality
- الرقة
- Region
- محافظة الرقة
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 531,952
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Raqqa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria#Mediterranean east#Asia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
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- 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

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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 · Português
Raca, Raqqa ou Rakka (em árabe: الرقة, "ar-raqqa") é uma cidade do centro-norte da Síria, situada na parte ocidental da região historicamente chamada Al-Jazira, ou Mesopotâmia Superior, que hoje se reparte entre as repúblicas da Síria e do Iraque. Tinha cerca de 220 488 habitantes na zona urbana e 338 773 habitantes na área metropolitana em 2004. É capital da província homônima e está na margem norte do rio Eufrates. Al-Raqqah foi palco de grandes batalhas durante a Guerra Civil Síria. A cidade foi primeiramente capturada, em março de 2013, por militantes da oposição síria. Eventualmente, o grupo extremista auto-proclamado Estado Islâmico do Iraque e da Síria tomou a cidade e expulsou tanto os simpatizantes da oposição quanto do regime Assad da região. O Estado Islâmico proclamou a criação de um califado sob a lei da sharia e fez de Raqqa sua nova capital na Síria em 2014. Subsequentemente, forças aéreas do governo sírio, da Rússia, dos Estados Unidos e aliados, iniciaram uma grande campanha de bombardeios por toda a região. A 17 de outubro de 2017, após cinco meses de intensos combates, lideranças militares curdas anunciaram que a cidade de Raqqa havia sido libertada e os militantes do Estado Islâmico teriam sido expulsos da região.
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