Raqqa

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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

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.

Harun al-Rashid residence Raqqa
Deir ez-Zor locatedEastOf 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
northern Syria contains Raqqa
subject surface form: Northern Syria
this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate
northern Syria majorCity Raqqa
subject surface form: Northern Syria
Eastern Syria includesGovernorate Raqqa
this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate
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
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
Tabqa military airbase locatedIn Raqqa
this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate
Tabqa city locatedIn Raqqa
subject surface form: Tabqa
this entity surface form: Raqqa Governorate
Tabqa city locatedWestOf Raqqa
subject surface form: Tabqa