Rakka

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Rakka is an alternative spelling of Raqqa, a historic city in northern Syria that lies on the Euphrates River and gained international attention as a former stronghold of ISIS.

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Label Occurrences
Rakka canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Raqqa ⓘ
approximateDistanceFrom about 160 km east of Aleppo ⓘ
about 200 km southeast of Gaziantep ⓘ
conflict Syrian civil war ⓘ
linked to: Syrian Civil War
continent Asia ⓘ
controlledBy Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ⓘ
controlPeriodApproximate 2013–2017 ⓘ
coordinateRegion Raqqa Governorate ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
countryCapital Damascus ⓘ
declaredByISISAs de facto capital of the Islamic State ⓘ
foundedInCentury 4th century CE ⓘ
gainedInternationalAttentionAs former stronghold of ISIS ⓘ
governorateCapitalOf Raqqa Governorate ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Rakka ⓘ
hasType historic city ⓘ
historicalName al-Raqqah ⓘ
linked to: Raqqa

ar-Raqqah ⓘ
linked to: Raqqa
historicalRegion Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
isCapitalOf Raqqa Governorate ⓘ
languageMajority Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn northern Syria ⓘ
locatedOn north bank of the Euphrates River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates
notableEvent extensive destruction during Syrian civil war ⓘ
partOf Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
recapturedBy Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ⓘ
recaptureSupportedBy United States-led coalition ⓘ
recaptureYear 2017 ⓘ
religionMajority Sunni Islam ⓘ
servedAs occasional residence of Abbasid caliphs ⓘ
significantUnder Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ

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

Raqqa → alsoKnownAs → Rakka ⓘ
Oats Studios → notableWork → Rakka ⓘ
Raqqa → hasAlternativeSpelling → Rakka ⓘ
subject linked to: Rakka