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Raqqa Governorate

governorate of Syria
Administrative Area Governorate Of Syria Q235563

Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
governorate of Syria
Native label
مُحافظة الرقة[14]

Location

Country
Syria[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 36.000°, 38.900°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Syria[1]
Shares border with
Şanlıurfa Province, Aleppo Governorate, Hasakah Governorate, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Homs Governorate, Hama Governorate[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Population and size

Area
+19616[15]
Population
+944000, +854000[12][13]

Codes

Located in time zone
UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00[10][11]
More facts +3
Capital
Raqqa[3]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Syria/Ar Raqqah
Language used
Arabic[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Raqqa Governorate en Al-Raqqah Governorate en Al-Raqqah ar مُحافظة الرقة| ar الرقه ar الرقة ar محافظة الرقة cs Guvernorát Rakka de Gouvernement ar-Raqqa de Ar-Raqqa el Κυβερνείο της Ράκκα es Ar-Raqqa es Ar Raqqa es Gobernacion de Ar Raqqa es Gobernacion de Ar-Raqqa es Gobernación de Ar Raqqa es Gobernación de Ar-Raqqa fa استان رقه fa رقه fi Al-Raqqan maakunta
🔖 Identifiers · 17
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Raqqa,center3.jpg ↗
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
SY04
Facebook username
raqqaaGov1
Freebase ID
/m/0df6rd
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2538947
GeoNames ID
172957
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1002064
INaturalist place ID
12009
ISO 3166-2 code
SY-RA
MusicBrainz area ID
da2a05c9-e9d1-44b5-a821-e57de2b445d2
OpenStreetMap relation ID
184878
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtV9LTJSrRGa
Show all 17 identifiers +5
Telegram username
raqqaaGov1
Topic's main category
Category:Raqqa Governorate
Who's on First ID
85678355
X (Twitter) username
raqqaaGov1
Yle topic ID
18-129926

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 17
Balikh River, Euphrates Lake, Tell Abu Hureyra, Qal'at Ja'bar, Tell Bi'a, Tell Abyad District, Mansoura Dam, Raqqa District +9 more
Shares border with 6
Şanlıurfa Province, Aleppo Governorate, Homs Governorate, Hasakah Governorate, Hama Governorate, Deir ez-Zor Governorate
← Shares border with 6
Şanlıurfa Province, Aleppo Governorate, Homs Governorate, Hasakah Governorate, Hama Governorate, Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Located in this place 5
War against the Islamic State, Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war, Raqqa Campaign, 2026 northeastern Syria offensive, Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February–March 2016)
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
← Category combines topics 2
Category:Populated places in Raqqa Governorate, Category:Archaeological sites in Raqqa Governorate
Capital 1
Raqqa
Country 1
Syria
Instance of 1
governorate of Syria
Language used 1
Arabic
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Syria
People born here 1
Mohed Altrad
Topic's main category 1
Category:Raqqa Governorate
← Capital of 1
Raqqa
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Raqqa Governorate
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Syria
← FactGrid item ID 1
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
← Indigenous to 1
Kurmanji
← Operating area 1
Jabhat Thuwar al-Raqqa
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . cbssyr.sy. cbssyr.sy. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Raqqa
    Population → 944,000, 854,000
    Instance of → governorate of Syria
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Syria
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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