Ar Raffah

Ar Raffah is a village in Al-Miqdadiya District, Diyala Governorate. Ar Raffah is situated nearby to the village kharnabat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baqubah.

Baqubah

Photo: MUSTAFA JASSEM, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Baqubah is the capital of the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. The city is located some 50 km to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2025 the population of the Baqubah metro area reached 377,000.

Ar Raffah

Type: Village
Also known as: “Ar Raffah, الرفة, Ar Raffah, الرفة”, “Ar Rakkah”, “Qal‘at ar Rakka”, “Qal‘at ar Rakkah”, “Qal‘at ar Raqqah”, and “Rakkah”
Category: locality
Location: Al-Miqdadiya District, Diyala Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.81349° or 33° 48′ 49″ north

Longitude

44.61738° or 44° 37′ 3″ east

Elevation

50 metres (164 feet)

Open location code

8H56RJ78+9X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2489319436

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

92634

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“Ar Raffah” goes by many names.

Arabic: “الرفة”
French: “Ar Raffah”
German: “Ar Raffah”

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