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Ar-Raqqah District
منطقة مركز الرقة
Map of ar-Raqqah District within ar-Raqqah Governorate
Map of ar-Raqqah District within ar-Raqqah Governorate
Country Syria
Governoratear-Raqqah
Seatar-Raqqah
Subdistricts4 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total7,327.92 km2 (2,829.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total503,960
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
GeocodeSY1101

Ar-Raqqah District (Arabic: منطقة مركز الرقة, romanizedmanṭiqat ar-Raqqah) is a district of the ar-Raqqah Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of ar-Raqqah. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 503,960.[1]

Sub-districts

The district of ar-Raqqah is divided into four sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

  • Al-Raqqah Nahiyah (ناحية الرقّة): population 338,773.[2]
  • Al-Sabkhah Nahiyah (ناحية السبخة): population 18,106[3]
  • Al-Karamah Nahiyah (ناحية الكرامة): population 74,429.[4]
  • Maadan Nahiyah (ناحية معدان): population 42,652.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Ar-Raqqah nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  3. ^ "As-Sabkha nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  4. ^ "Karamah nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  5. ^ "Ma'adan nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.