Place:Ar-Raqqah, Syria

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NameAr-Raqqah
Alt namesAr Raqqahsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 628
Ar-Raqqahsource: wikipedia
Ar-Raqqah governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Muḥafaẓat ar-Raqqahsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates35.95°N 39.05°E
Located inSyria
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Tell Cheura
Inhabited place
Al-Kawm
Ar Raqqah
Ar-Ruṣāfah
As Sabkhah
Dulq Maghār
Kasrat Muraybiṭ
Salūq ʿAtīq
Tabaqah
Tall al-Abyaḍ
Ḥammām at-Turkumān
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Raqqa Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in the north of the country and covers an area of 19,618 km2. The capital is Raqqa. The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant claimed full control of this province as of August 24, 2014 when its fighters captured Tabqa Airbase in the southwest part of the province. However, the Syrian Democratic Forces now control much of the province; all of the area north of the Euphrates River including the provincial capital of Raqqa and the city of al-Thawrah are under SDF control, with the government holding the southern part of the governorate after a successful offensive was launched with the aid of Liwa al-Quds, tribal militias and Russian air support, which resulted in the recapture of the city of Resafa, and the capture of many oil fields in Ar-Raqqah province, including various oil and gas stations. Ar-Raqqah is a governorate.

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