Rakkah
Rakkah is a village in Al-Miqdadiya District, Diyala Governorate. Rakkah is situated nearby to the village Qalat ar Raqqah, as well as near Qalat ar Rakka.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.
Rakkah
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Rakkah, Rakkah”
- Category: locality
- Location: Al-Miqdadiya District, Diyala Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.81316° or 33° 48′ 47″ northLongitude
44.61843° or 44° 37′ 6″ eastOpen location code
8H56RJ79+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 2489320031OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Rakkah” goes by many names.
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