Also known as Leontopolis, ar-Raqqa, Raqa, ar-Raqa, Rakka, ar-Rakka, Raqqah, ar-Raqqah
Raqqa (, also ), is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located 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.
Raqqa is a city in northeastern Syria on the Euphrates River with a population of over 530,000, making it Syria's sixth-largest city. It holds historical significance as a former capital of the Abbasid Caliphate in the 8th century and more recently as the capital of the Islamic State from 2014 to 2017.
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