Tabqa
Sign in to saveTabqa (), formerly Al-Thawrah, is a city in Raqqa Governorate, Syria, approximately west of Raqqa. Until the 1960s it had been a relatively small settlement. The city had a population of 69,425 as of the 2004 census.
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Place details
- Locality
- الطبقة
- Region
- محافظة الرقة
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 87,880
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Key facts
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.name
- Tabqa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Al-Tabqah in 1995.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tabqa in 1995
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- الثورة
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Al-Tabqah Subdistrict
- Population
- +84000
- Elevation
- +328
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Al-Tabqah District
- Image
- Al-Tabqah in 1995.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Syrian civil war
- Demographics
- Geography
- Climate
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Tabqa (), formerly Al-Thawrah, is a city in Raqqa Governorate, Syria, approximately west of Raqqa. Until the 1960s it had been a relatively small settlement. The city had a population of 69,425 as of the 2004 census.
== Etymology == Since the fall of the Assad regime, the city has officially reverted to its original name, Tabqa. The name literally means "the layer" or "the stratum" in Arabic, and likely refers to the geographic or topographic features of the area, such as stepped terrain or layered rock formations along the Euphrates, where the city and dam are located.