Raqqa Subdistrict
subdistrict in Raqqa, Syria
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.
The administrative centre is Raqqa. Formerly, much of the subdistrict was controlled by ISIS.
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:
Abbara (لعبارة), pop 1305
Abu Kabret Al Rashid (أبو كبرة-الرشيد), pop 686
Abu Rajab (أبو رجب), pop 844
Abu Suseh (أبو سوسة), pop 2561
Adnaniyeh (لعدنانية), pop 1931
Andalus (لأندلس), pop 1000
Raqqa (لرقة), pop 220488
Assadiya (لأسدية), pop 3992
Atshana (لعطشانة), pop 169
Ayuj (لأعيوج), pop 659
Berani (بعراني), pop 326
Big Sweidiyeh (سويدية كبيرة), aka Suwaydiya Kabir, pop 6106
Bir Elhasham (بئر الهشم), pop 79
Bir Said (بئر سعيد), pop 117
Eastern Khayala (لخيالة الشرقية), pop 4457
Faraa (لفارعة), pop 3809
Fteih (لفتيح), pop 390
Ghota (لغوطة), pop 2163
Hadba (لحدباء), pop 602
Hawi Elhawa (حاوي الهوى), pop 1651
Hazimeh (حزيمة), pop 3386
Hettin (حطين), pop 2627
Hfeiret Elsoqur (حفيرة الصقور), pop 138
Hilo Abed (حلو عبد), pop 1443
Htash (حتاش), pop 455
Hweijet Faraj (حويجة فرج), pop 945
Jalaa (لجلاء), pop 1253
Kalta (لكالطة), pop 2626
Kardus (كردوس), pop 158
Katuniyeh (لخاتونية), pop 3651
Kdeiran (كديران), pop 4697
Khayala (لخيالة), pop 234
Kisret Elsheikh Jomaa (كسرة شيخ الجمعة), pop 2956
Laqta (لقطة), pop 529
Little Sweidiyeh (سويدية صغيرة), aka Suwaydiya Saghirah, pop 809
Marj Abu Shareb (مرج أبو شارب), pop 132
Mashrafa (لمشرفة), pop 230
Milsun (ميسلون), pop 1766
Moezleh (معيزيلة), pop 646
Qahtaniyeh (لقحطانية), pop 2490
Rabee'a (ربيعة), pop 1906
Raeqqet Samra (رقة سمرة), pop 4077
Rahmaniya (لرحمانية), pop 513
Rashidiyeh (لرشيد), pop 1626
Rohayat (لرحيات), pop 1355
Royan (رويان), pop 735
Safyan (صفيان), pop 395
Sahl (لسحل), pop 2772
Shamiyeh (لشامية), pop 625
Sukariyet Tal Elsamen (سكرية تل السمن), pop 1967
Tal Elsamen Dahham (تل السمن دحام), pop 2530
Talet Elansar (طالعة الأنصار), pop 190
Tawi Rumman (طاوي رمان), pop 1348
Thulth Khneiz (ثلث خنيز), pop 846
Tishrine (تشرين), pop 1850
Tweilah (لطويلعة), pop 196
Um Elhweyeh (أم الحوية), pop 336
Upper Khneiz (خنيز فوقاني), pop 1101
Western Kabsh (كبش غربي), pop 1272
Western Sahlabiyeh (لسلحبية غربية), pop 3568
Widyan (لوديان, aka Bi'r Huwaym/Bir Khuwaym/بئر حويم), pop 831
Wihdeh (لوحدة), pop 842
Yaarub (يعرب), pop 1403
Yamama (ليمامة), pop 1408
Yarmuk (ليرموك), pop 3221
Yathreb (يثرب), pop 1335
Zahera (لزاهرة), pop 461
? (16 تشرين), pop 498
? (لأنصار), pop 1587
? (لثامرية), pop 43
? (لحمزة), pop 168
? (لحميدان), pop 62
Dahlan or Dehlan (لدحلان), pop 102
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