Ar-Raqqa Governorate

ar-Raqqa / الرقة ar-Raqqa
The location of the province in Syria
Basic data
Country	Syria
Capital	ar-Raqqa
surface	19,616 km²
Residents	760,000 (2006)
density	39 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	SY-RA
Districts in ar-Raqqa governorate

Coordinates: 36 ° 1 '  N , 38 ° 54'  E

ar-Raqqa ( Arabic الرقة) is a governorate in northern Syria with an area of ​​19,616 km² and around 760,000 inhabitants (as of 2006).

geography

ar-Raqqa borders on Turkey to the north, the Aleppo governorate to the west, the al-Hasakah governorate to the east and the Deir ez-Zor governorate to the south . The capital and largest city at the same time is the city of the same name ar-Raqqa . Other cities are ath-Thaura and Tall Abyad .

population

The population is mainly composed of Arabs , a large part of which are Bedouins . In the north of the province along the Turkish border, Kurds also live in their villages.

economy

Agriculture consists mainly of cotton growing along the Euphrates .

Districts

The governorate is divided into three districts (Mintaqah):

District	Places (main place in bold)
Tall Abyad District	Ain Issa , Suluk , Tall Abyad
Ath-Thaura district	al-Jarniyya, al-Mansura , ath-Thaura
Ar-Raqqa district	al-Karama, Maʿdan, al-Qahtaniyah, ar-Raqqa , as-Sabcha

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