Ar-Raqqah District

Raqqa District is a district of the in northern . The administrative centre is the city of . At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 503,960.
Wikipedia
  • Type: district of Syria with 504,000 residents
  • Description: district of the Raqqa Governorate in Syria
  • Also known as: “Al-Raqqah District”, “Ar Riqqa”, “Minţaqat ar Raqqah”, “Minţaqat Markaz ar Raqqah”, “Qaḑā’ ar Raqqah”, “Rakka”, and “Raqqa District”

Ar-Raqqah District

Latitude
35.872° or 35° 52′ 19″ north
Longitude
39.0471° or 39° 2′ 49″ east
Population
504,000
Elevation
290 metres (951 feet)
Open location code
8G7XV2CW+RR
Geo­Names ID
172956
Wiki­data ID
Q4703126
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ar-Raqqah District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الرقة”
  • Arabic: “مركز الرقة”
  • Arabic: “منطقة الرقة”
  • Arabic: “منطقة مركز الرقة”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Ռակկայի գավառ”
  • Catalan: “Districte d’Ar-Raqqà”
  • Cebuano: “Ar-Raqqah District”
  • Chinese: “Raqqa Koān”
  • Chinese: “拉卡區”
  • Dutch: “Raqqa”
  • Georgian: “ალ-რაკის მინტაკა”
  • Georgian: “რაკის მინტაკა”
  • Greek: “Διαμέρισμα της Ράκκα”
  • Japanese: “アッ・ラッカ郡”
  • Japanese: “アッ＝ラッカ郡”
  • Macedonian: “Рака”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Raqqa Koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Raqqadistriktet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ar-Raqqah-distriktet”
  • Persian: “منطقه رقه”
  • Polish: “Ar-Rakka”
  • Romanian: “Raqqa”
  • Russian: “Ракка”
  • Russian: “Центральный мантык Ракка”
  • Russian: “Эр-Ракка”
  • Slovenian: “distrikt Raka”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Al Raqa”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Al-Raqa”
  • Swedish: “al-Raqqa”
  • Swedish: “ar-Raqqa”
  • Swedish: “Ar-Raqqa”
  • Swedish: “Mintaqat ar-Raqqa”
  • Turkish: “Rakka İlçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ар-Ракка”
  • Ukrainian: “Ракка”
  • Urdu: “الرقہ ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Raqqa okrugi”

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