Raqqa

Raqqa is a city in on the north bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 kilometres east of . It is located 40 kilometres east of the , Syria's largest dam.
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  • Type: City with 220,000 residents
  • Description: city in Syria
  • Also known as: “Al-Rafika”, “Al-Rakka”, “al-Raqqa”, “Ar Raka”, “Ar Raqqa”, “Ar Raqqah”, “ar-Rakka”, “ar-Raqa”, “Ar-Raqqa”, “ar-Raqqah”, “Aracte”, “Cal·linícon”, “Cal·linícum”, “Er-Rakka”, “Kalinikosas”, “Kallinikon”, “Kallinikosz”, “Leontopolis”, “Nicephorium”, “Racca”, “Raqa”, “Raqe”, “Reqe”, “Καλλίνικον”, “Λεοντόπολις”, “Каллиник”, “Леонтополь”, “Никефорий”, “Никефорион”, “العكيرشي”, “رقة”, “ஆர் -ரக்க்ச்”, “අර් -රක්ඛා”, and “라카”

Raqqa

Latitude
35.9497° or 35° 56′ 59″ north
Longitude
39.0089° or 39° 0′ 32″ east
Population
220,000
Elevation
259 metres (850 feet)
Open location code
8G7XW2X5+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 571225333
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
172955
Wiki­data ID
Q283368
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Raqqa” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Afrikaans: “Raqqah”
  • Albanian: “Rakka”
  • Amharic: “አር ራቃህ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Καλλίνικος”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Νικηφόριον”
  • Arabic: “الرقة”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Ռակկա”
  • Asturian: “Al-Raqqa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ər-Rəqqə”
  • Azerbaijani: “Raqqa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rəqqə”
  • Basque: “Ar-Raqqa”
  • Basque: “Raqqa”
  • Belarusian: “Рака”
  • Bengali: “আর রাক্কাহ”
  • Bengali: “রাকা”
  • Bengali: “রাক্কা”
  • Breton: “Raqqa”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал Ракка”
  • Bulgarian: “Ар-Ракка”
  • Catalan: “Ar-Raqqà”
  • Cebuano: “Ar Raqqah”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕەققە”
  • Chinese: “拉卡”
  • Chuvash: “Ар-Раккă”
  • Croatian: “Al-Raka”
  • Croatian: “Ar-Raqqa”
  • Croatian: “Raka”
  • Czech: “Rakka”
  • Danish: “Raqqa”
  • Dutch: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Dutch: “Raqqa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الرقه”
  • Esperanto: “Ar-Raka”
  • Estonian: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Finnish: “Rakka”
  • Finnish: “Raqqa”
  • French: “Raqqa”
  • Georgian: “რაკა”
  • German: “Ar-Raqqa”
  • German: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • German: “Raqqa”
  • Greek: “Ράκα”
  • Greek: “Ράκκα”
  • Gujarati: “આર-રક્કાહ”
  • Hausa: “Ar Raqqah”
  • Hebrew: “א-רקה”
  • Hindi: “अर राक़्क़ाह”
  • Hindi: “अल-रक़्क़ा”
  • Hindi: “रक़्क़ा”
  • Hungarian: “Rakka”
  • Icelandic: “Al-Raqqah”
  • Indonesian: “Ar Raqqah”
  • Indonesian: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Irish: “Raqqa”
  • Italian: “Al-Raqqa”
  • Japanese: “ラッカ”
  • Javanese: “Ar Raqqah”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ ರಕ್ಕ”
  • Kannada: “ಆರ್-ರಖಖಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Раққа”
  • Kirghiz: “Раққа”
  • Korean: “락까”
  • Kurdish: “Reqa”
  • Latin: “Callinicum”
  • Latin: “Nicephorim”
  • Latvian: “Raka”
  • Lithuanian: “Raka”
  • Macedonian: “Рака”
  • Malay: “Ar Raqqah”
  • Malay: “Raqqa”
  • Malayalam: “റഖ”
  • Marathi: “आर-रक्का”
  • Mazanderani: “رقه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Al-Raqqah”
  • Mingrelian: “რაკა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Raqqa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Norwegian: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Raqqa”
  • Oromo: “Ar Raqqah”
  • Ossetian: “Эр-Раккæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਰ ਰਾਕਾਹ”
  • Persian: “رقه”
  • Polish: “Ar-Rakka”
  • Portuguese: “Raca”
  • Portuguese: “Raqqa”
  • Pushto: “الرقة”
  • Romanian: “Rakka”
  • Russian: “Ар-Ракка”
  • Russian: “Эр-Ракка”
  • Scots: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Scots: “Raqqa”
  • Serbian: “Рака”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ar-Raka”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Raka”
  • Sicilian: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Sinhala: “අර් රක්ඛා”
  • Slovak: “Rakka”
  • Slovenian: “Raka”
  • Somali: “Ar Raqqah”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رقه”
  • Spanish: “Al Raqa”
  • Spanish: “Raqqa”
  • Swahili: “Ar Raqqah”
  • Swedish: “ar-Raqqa”
  • Swedish: “Ar-Raqqa”
  • Swiss German: “Ar-Raqqa”
  • Tajik: “Ракка”
  • Tajik: “Раққа”
  • Tamil: “அல்-றக்கா”
  • Tatar: “Är-Raqqa”
  • Tatar: “Раққа”
  • Telugu: “అర్-రఖాహ్”
  • Thai: “อัรร็อกเกาะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Rakka”
  • Uighur: “رەققە”
  • Ukrainian: “Ар-Ракка”
  • Ukrainian: “Ракка”
  • Urdu: “الرقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Raqqa”
  • Venetian: “Al-Raqqa”
  • Vietnamese: “Ar-Raqqah”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ar Raqqah”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Raqqa”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռաքքա”
  • Western Panjabi: “رقہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “拉卡”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉卡”
  • Zeeuws: “Ar-Raqqah”

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