Raqqa

E211483

city

Raqqa is a city in northern Syria that became widely known as the de facto capital of the Islamic State (ISIS) during its control from 2014 to 2017.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Raqqa canonical	25
Raqqa Governorate	11
Ar-Raqqah Governorate	2
Al-Raqqah	1
Ar-Raqqah	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Raqqa ⓘ surface form: Al-Raqqah Raqqa ⓘ surface form: Ar-Raqqah Rakka ⓘ
capitalOf	Raqqa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ar-Raqqah Governorate
controlledBy	ISIS ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
countryCapital	Damascus ⓘ
deFactoCapitalOf	ISIS ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
experienced	extensive destruction during anti-ISIS campaign ⓘ
foundedInCentury	2nd century BCE ⓘ
governorateCapital	Raqqa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Raqqa Governorate
governorateNamedAfter	Raqqa self-link ⓘ
hasClimate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	bridges over the Euphrates ⓘ
historicalRegion	Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
languageSpoken	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Middle East ⓘ northern Syria ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Euphrates ⓘ surface form: Euphrates River
majorReligion	Islam ⓘ
nearbyCity	Aleppo ⓘ Deir ez-Zor ⓘ
partOf	Raqqa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ar-Raqqah Governorate
periodAsDeFactoCapitalEnd	2017 ⓘ
periodAsDeFactoCapitalStart	2014 ⓘ
postWarIssue	displacement of residents ⓘ reconstruction challenges ⓘ unexploded ordnance and mines ⓘ
preWarEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ light industry ⓘ trade ⓘ
recapturedBy	Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces
recaptureMonth	October 2017 ⓘ
recaptureYear	2017 ⓘ
servedAs	residence of Caliph Harun al-Rashid ⓘ
significantDuring	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
subjectOf	Battle of Raqqa ⓘ surface form: Battle of Raqqa (2017) international media coverage during ISIS rule ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
usedAs	administrative center by ISIS ⓘ logistics hub by ISIS ⓘ propaganda center by ISIS ⓘ
warEvent	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria → capitalClaimed → Raqqa ⓘ

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria → controlledCity → Raqqa ⓘ

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria → notableCity → Raqqa ⓘ

Harun al-Rashid → residence → Raqqa ⓘ

Deir ez-Zor → locatedEastOf → Raqqa ⓘ

Euphrátēs → flowsThroughModernCity → Raqqa ⓘ

Tabqa Dam → locatedIn → Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

Tabqa Dam → locatedNearCity → Raqqa ⓘ

Balikh River → nearbyCity → Raqqa ⓘ

Balikh River → politicalRegion → Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

Battle of Raqqa → location → Raqqa ⓘ

ISIS → claimedCapital → Raqqa ⓘ

Abbasid art → productionCenter → Raqqa ⓘ

northern Syria → contains → Raqqa ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Syria

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

northern Syria → majorCity → Raqqa ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Syria

Al-Jazira region → containsCity → Raqqa ⓘ

Eastern Syria → includesGovernorate → Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

Eastern Syria → includesCity → Raqqa ⓘ

Raqqa → partOf → Raqqa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ar-Raqqah Governorate

Raqqa → capitalOf → Raqqa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ar-Raqqah Governorate

Raqqa → alsoKnownAs → Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ar-Raqqah

Raqqa → alsoKnownAs → Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Raqqah

Raqqa → governorateCapital → Raqqa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

Raqqa → governorateNamedAfter → Raqqa self-link ⓘ

Hasakah → hasRoadConnection → Raqqa ⓘ

Jazira → contains → Raqqa ⓘ

Aleppo Governorate → borders → Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi → associatedWith → Raqqa ⓘ

subject surface form: Zij al-Sabi

Syrian Turkmen → historicallyConcentratedIn → Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

Al-Battani → workLocation → Raqqa ⓘ

Al-Battani → placeOfActivity → Raqqa ⓘ

Lake Assad → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

Lake Assad → locatedNear → Raqqa ⓘ

Al-Thawrah → locatedIn → Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

Al-Thawrah → locatedWestOf → Raqqa ⓘ

Al-Thawrah → roadConnectionTo → Raqqa ⓘ

Tabqa military airbase → locatedIn → Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

Tabqa military airbase → locatedNear → Raqqa ⓘ

Tabqa city → locatedIn → Raqqa ⓘ

subject surface form: Tabqa

this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate

Tabqa city → locatedWestOf → Raqqa ⓘ

subject surface form: Tabqa