Rakka

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:areaCode +963 22
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_(ISIL)
gptkb:Raqqa_Governorate
gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate_(786–809_CE)
gptkbp:climate hot desert climate
gptkbp:distanceFromBeirut about 160 km east
gptkbp:elevation 245 m
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Arabs
gptkb:Turkmen
gptkb:Kurds
gptkbp:foundedIn 244 BCE
gptkbp:hasAirport gptkb:Tabqa_Airbase
gptkbp:hasFootballClub gptkb:Al-Raqqa_SC
gptkbp:hasHospital gptkb:Raqqa_National_Hospital
gptkbp:hasMuseum gptkb:Raqqa_Museum
gptkbp:hasUniversity gptkb:Al-Furat_University_(Raqqa_branch)
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Callinicum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rakka
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code SY-RA
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Raqqa_Governorate
gptkbp:locatedOnRiver gptkb:Euphrates
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:New_Bridge_of_Raqqa
gptkb:Old_Bridge_of_Raqqa
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Raqqa_(2017)
gptkbp:notableIndustry agriculture
trade
cotton production
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Raqqa
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Al-Ma'mun_(Abbasid_Caliph)
Harun al-Rashid (Abbasid Caliph)
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Qasr_al-Banat
gptkb:City_walls_of_Raqqa
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:population approximately 300,000 (pre-2011)
gptkbp:postalCode 1100
gptkbp:recapturedBy gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
October 2017
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:timezone EET (UTC+2)
gptkbp:timezoneDST EEST (UTC+3)
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Tentative list (Raqqa-Rafiqa)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Suriye
gptkb:Haibane_Renmei
gptkb:Fırat_Nehri
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6