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Raqqa Governorate

Raqqa Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates of . It is situated in the north of the country and covers an area of 19,618 km2. The capital is .
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  • Type: State with 944,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Syria
  • Also known as: “Al-Raqqah”, “Al-Raqqah Governorate”, and “Raqqa”

Raqqa Governorate

Latitude
36.0604° or 36° 3′ 38″ north
Longitude
38.8547° or 38° 51′ 17″ east
Population
944,000
Elevation
258 metres (846 feet)
Open location code
8G8W3V63+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13296425927
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
172957
Wiki­data ID
Q235563
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Raqqa Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الرقة”
  • Arabic: “الرقه”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الرقة”
  • Arabic: “مُحافظة الرقة|”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Ռակկայի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Al-Raqqah (Siria)”
  • Asturian: “Al-Raqqah”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación d’Al-Raqqah”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ər-Rəqqə mühafazası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ər-Rəqqə mühafazlığı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rəqqə mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Ar Raqqah eskualdea”
  • Basque: “Ar-Raqqa eskualdea”
  • Bulgarian: “Ар-Ракка”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Ar-Raqqà”
  • Cebuano: “Ar-Raqqah Governorate”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ڕەققە”
  • Chinese: “Raqqa Séng”
  • Chinese: “拉卡省”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Raka”
  • Croatian: “Pokrajina Raqqa”
  • Croatian: “Raqqa”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Rakka”
  • Dutch: “Ar Raqqah”
  • Dutch: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Dutch: “Raqqa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظه الرقه”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Ar-Raka”
  • Finnish: “Al-Raqqan maakunta”
  • Finnish: “Ar-Raqqan maakunta”
  • French: “Gouvernorat d’Ar-Raqqa”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Raqqa”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de Ar-Raqqa”
  • Georgian: “ალ-რაკის მუჰაფაზა”
  • Georgian: “რაკის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Ar-Raqqa”
  • German: “Gouvernement ar-Raqqa”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Αρ-Ράκκα”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Ράκκα”
  • Hebrew: “Gouvernorat de Raqqa”
  • Hebrew: “א-רקה”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז א-רקה”
  • Hebrew: “מְחוֹז אַ-רַּקַּה”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ארקה”
  • Hindi: “अर-रक़्क़ाह​ प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “अर-रक़्क़ाह प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Rakka kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Ar-Raqqah”
  • Italian: “governatorato di al-Raqqa”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di al-Raqqa”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Ar-Raqqah”
  • Japanese: “アル・ラッカー県”
  • Japanese: “ラッカ県”
  • Korean: “라카 주”
  • Korean: “락까주”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Reqa”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Reqayê”
  • Kurdish: “Reqa (parêzgeh)”
  • Kurdish: “Reqa”
  • Lithuanian: “Rakos muchafaza”
  • Macedonian: “Рака”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Raqqa”
  • Mazanderani: “رقه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Raqqa Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ar-Raqqa (Guwernement)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ar-Raqqa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ar-Raqqah guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Persian: “استان رقه”
  • Persian: “رقه”
  • Polish: “Ar-Rakka”
  • Portuguese: “Ar Raqqah”
  • Portuguese: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Portuguese: “Raca”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Ar-Raqqa”
  • Russian: “Aр-Ракка о́бласть”
  • Russian: “Мухафаза Ракка”
  • Russian: “Мухафаза Эр-Ракка”
  • Russian: “Ракка”
  • Russian: “Эр-Ракка”
  • Scots: “Ar-Raqqah Govrenorate”
  • Serbian: “Рака (покрајина)”
  • Serbian: “Рака”
  • Slovenian: “Ar Raka”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Raka”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رقه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Ar Raqqa”
  • Spanish: “Ar-Raqqa”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Al-Raqa”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Ar Raqqa”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Ar Raqqa”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Ar-Raqqa”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Ar-Raqqa”
  • Swedish: “al-Raqqa”
  • Swedish: “ar-Raqqa”
  • Swedish: “Ar-Raqqa”
  • Swedish: “Muhafazat ar-Raqqa”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Raqqa”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ар Раққаҳ”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Раққа”
  • Tamil: “ரக்கா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัรร็อกเกาะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Rakka (il)”
  • Turkish: “Rakka İli”
  • Turkish: “Rakka Valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Rakka”
  • Ukrainian: “Ар-Ракка”
  • Ukrainian: “Ракка”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ الرقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Ar-Raqqah”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռաքքա Նահանգ”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռաքքա Նահանք”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ الرقہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “拉卡省”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉卡 (省)”

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