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Raqqa Subdistrict or ar-Raqqah Nahiyah (Arabic: ناحية الرقّة), a subdistrict of Raqqa District, is the central area of Raqqa Governorate (Syria), including the city of Raqqa and the nearby countryside north of the Euphrates. The subdistrict population at the 2004 census was 338,773, the majority of which living in Raqqa city itself.[1]

Raqqa Subdistrict
ناحية الرقّة
Subdistrict
Location of Raqqa Subdistrict within Raqqa Governorate
Raqqa Subdistrict
Location in Syria
Coordinates (Raqqa): 35.95°N 39.02°E / 35.95; 39.02
Country Syria
GovernorateRaqqa
DistrictRaqqa District
SeatRaqqa
Area
 • Total2,891.72 km2 (1,116.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
338,773
GeocodeSY110100

The administrative centre is Raqqa. Formerly, much of the subdistrict was controlled by ISIS.[2]

Raqqa Subdistrict is bounded by the Euphrates to the South, Tal Abyad District to the North, and also of Raqqa District: Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict to the West, and Al-Karamah Subdistrict to the East.


Towns and villages


The towns and villages in Raqqa Subdistrict and their populations as at the 2004 census were:[3]


Syrian civil war


Main articles: Battle of Raqqa (2013), Raqqa campaign (2016–2017), and Battle of Raqqa (2017)

By March 2013 all of the countryside and effectively the city had fallen into rebel hands.[5] During December 2016 the Syrian Democratic Forces drove ISIS out of most of the neighbouring Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict. Early in January 2017 the SDF extended their advance into south-western parts of Raqqa Subdistrict, occupying the area around Bi'r Huwaym / Widyan (Arabic: الوديان),[6] and western Sweidiyeh.[7]

The SDF extended their control the north of Raqqa Governorate into Raqqa Subdistrict as far south as the hill Tal Saman (Arabic: تل السمن), gaining control of Thulth Khneiz and several other villages in November 2016.[8] At that time an elementary school and the water purification system in Sukariyet Tal Elsamen were severely damaged in air raids, and among other casualties one American Special Operations trooper died at Tal Saman.[9][10] Further gains by the SDF were reported in January 2017 including Abu Suseh, Mashrafa and Ayuj.[11][12] With the capture of Big Sweidiyeh on 21 January 2017, the SDF were in control of all parts of the nahiyah north of the irrigation canal running from Lake Assad to Tal Saman.[13]


References


  1. "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Afrin" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. "ISIS - ISIL map". Liveuamap. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. "Syrian census 2004". HumanitarianResponse. Pcode 'SY110100'
  4. "ls_pop_v1_150819.xlsx". Whole of Syria Education Focul Point. UNICEF. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. Ben Hubbard, Associated Press (10 March 2013). "Activists: Syrian regime bombs rebel-held city". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  6. "Mahmudie front sdf start battle and surred village Webian". Twitter. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  7. "YPG expelled ISIL from West Suwaydiya". Liveuamap. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  8. Tomson, Chris (19 November 2016). "Syrian Democratic Forces advance to within 25 kilometers of ISIS capital Raqqa". al-Masdar News.
  9. Sly, Liz (28 December 2016). "On the front lines of the fight for the Islamic State's capital of Raqqa, Syria". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  10. "Syria Crisis Bi-Weekly Situation Report No. 17" (PDF). OCHA. 14 November 2016. p. 4. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  11. "Another strategic step in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates". ANF News. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  12. "Backed by U.S. airstrikes, Kurdish led SDF forces captured Dabashiyah, Al Shiyara, Mashrafa ..." Twitter. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  13. "Swediyah Kabirah liberated, 85 mercenaries killed". Hawar News Agency. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.




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