Raqqa

Summary

Raqqa is a city^[1]. Raqqa ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (763 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Raqqa is located in Raqqa Subdistrict^[3].
• Raqqa is in the country of Syria^[4].
• Raqqa's image is recorded as ArRaqqah collection.jpg^[5].
• Raqqa's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Raqqa's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Raqqa's instance of is recorded as populated place in Syria^[8].
• Raqqa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126876837^[9].
• Raqqa's GND ID is recorded as 4210671-0^[10].
• Raqqa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2005022758^[11].
• Raqqa's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 150056419^[12].
• Raqqa's IdRef ID is recorded as 071504176^[13].
• Raqqa's postal code is recorded as C5710^[14].
• Raqqa's Commons category is recorded as Raqqa^[15].
• Raqqa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[16].
• Raqqa's local dialing code is recorded as 22^[17].
• +0244-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Raqqa^[18].
• Raqqa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.95, 'lon': 39.01}^[19].
• Raqqa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hz03^[20].
• Raqqa's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge782135^[21].
• Raqqa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Raqqa^[22].
• Raqqa's page banner is recorded as Raqqa banner.png^[23].
• Raqqa's population is recorded as {'amount': '+299824'}^[24].
• Raqqa's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[25].
• Raqqa's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Raqqa's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

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Geography

Raqqa is in the country of Syria^[4]. Raqqa is located in Raqqa Subdistrict^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Raqqa's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1962'}^[28]. Raqqa's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+245'}^[29]. Raqqa's population is recorded as {'amount': '+299824'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], big city^[7], and populated place in Syria^[8]. Raqqa's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[30].

History and Context

+0244-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Raqqa^[18].

Why It Matters

Raqqa ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (763 views/month).^[2] Raqqa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Raqqa is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]