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Raqqa

Raqqa (Arabic: ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: ar-Raqqah, also al-Raḳḳa), is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 kilometres (99 miles) east of Aleppo. It is located 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of the Euphrates Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine city and bishopric Callinicum (formerly a Latin and now a…

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Founded
244–242 BC
Area code
22
Country
Syria
Demonym
Raqqawi (رقاوي)
District
Raqqa
Elevation
245 m (804 ft)

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Edges379
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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Archaeology · 44
Raqqa → Accurate, As, Assyrian, Assyriology, BC, Catholic University, CT, Cultural Heritage, Delft University, Development, Engineering, Europa Nostra, European Union Prize, Forensic Computational Geometry Laboratory, Furthermore, Geoscience, GigaMesh Software Framework, Global Heritage, Having, Heidelberg
related to Early Islamic period · 32
Raqqa → Amir, Arabic, At, Baladhuri, Benjamin, Christian, Ernst Herzfeld, German, Ghanm, Hidhyam, Ibn Ghanm, Ibn Ghanm's, In, Iyad, Jacobite, Jazira, Jewish, Many, Michael, Middle Ages
related to Hellenistic Nikephorion and Kallinikos · 30
Raqqa → According, Alexander, Ancient Greek, Anthemousias, Appian, Babylonian, BC, Bi'a, Charax, Conversely, Great, Greek, Hellenistic, Isidore, Latinized, Macedonians, Natural History, Nicator, Nicephorium, Nikephorion
related to Religion and culture · 30
Raqqa → According, Ammar, At, Bab Baghdad, Balikh, Battle, Beginning, East, However, Iran, Iranian, Iraq War, Islamic State, It, Karbala, May, Muhammad, Najaf, Qarani, Raqqawis
related to Ottoman period · 22
Raqqa → Abbasid, Afadla, Al-Ruha, Arab, Between, Euphrates, Evliya, From, However, In, It, Janissary, Karakul Janissary, Kurdish Milli, Milli Timur Paşa, Ottoman, Ottoman Empire's, Ottomans, Raqqah, The
related to Decline and period of Bedouin domination · 20
Raqqa → Abbasids, Ahmad, Banu Uqayl, Bedouin, Diyār Muḍar, From, Hamdānids, However, Muhtariqa, One, Qal'at Ja'bar, Qarmatians, Raqqa's, Sarakhsi, Shia, Tayyib, The Banu Numayr, Tulunids, Under, Yaqut
related to Abbasid period · 17
Raqqa → Abbasid, According, AH, Although, Baghdad, Byzantine Empire, Construction, In, It, Mahdi, Mansur, Mesopotamia, Pseudo-Dionysius, Rafiqah, Rāfiqah, Tabari, The
related to Education · 15
Raqqa → Agriculture, Al-Furat University, Arts, Civil, Economics, Education, Humanities, In, It, January, Law, Pharmacy, Raqqa Governorate, Science, The
related to Second blossoming · 14
Raqqa → Ayyubid, Baghdad Gate, Banāt, Bāb Baghdād, Castle, Dīn Zangī, Imād, Ladies, Levant, Mongol, Qasr, The, There, Zangid
related to Historical and archeological · 12
Raqqa → Citadel, Economy, Euphrates, GermanIndustrial Landscape Project, Hamburg, Inscription, Middle Abbasid Period, Nottingham Universityal-Raqqa, Settlement Pattern, University, Urbanity, World Heritage Tentative ListThe

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city abbasid century also al-rafiqah mosque area probably baghdad syria capital syrian built north euphrates later important ibn war kallinikos

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RaqqaArea code221.00infobox
RaqqaCountrySyria1.00infobox
RaqqaDemonymRaqqawi (رقاوي)1.00infobox
RaqqaDistrictRaqqa1.00infobox
RaqqaElevation245 m (804 ft)1.00infobox
RaqqaFounded244–242 BC1.00infobox
RaqqaGeocodeSY1101001.00infobox
RaqqaGovernorateRaqqa1.00infobox
RaqqaP-CodeC57101.00infobox
RaqqaSubdistrictRaqqa1.00infobox
RaqqaTime zoneUTC+3 (AST)1.00infobox
Raqqa• City35 km2 (14 sq mi)1.00infobox
Raqqa• City220,4881.00infobox
Raqqa• Density6,300/km2 (16,000/sq mi)1.00infobox
Raqqa• Estimate (2026)416,1381.00infobox
Raqqa• Metro843,5961.00infobox
Raqqa• Rank6th in Syria1.00infobox
Raqqa• Urban637,0001.00infobox
Raqqais asixth largest city in Syria.During the Syrian civil war0.90text
Raqqais atransition between pre-Islamic styles and later Abbasid ones0.90text

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