Tabqa

Also known as al-Thawrah, al-Tabqah, al-Tabqa

Tabqa (), formerly Al-Thawrah, is a city in Raqqa Governorate, Syria, approximately west of Raqqa. Until the 1960s it had been a relatively small settlement. The city had a population of 69,425 as of the 2004 census.

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Place details

Locality: الطبقة
Region: محافظة الرقة
Country: سوريا
Population: 87,880
Timezone: Asia/Damascus

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Key facts

Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.name: Tabqa
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Al-Tabqah in 1995.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Tabqa in 1995
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Syria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Raqqa
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tabqa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Tabqa
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Wikidata facts

Official name: الثورة
Population: 84000
Elevation: 328
Image: Al-Tabqah in 1995.jpg

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native label: الثورة
Commons category: Al-Tabqah

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Contents

Etymology
History
Syrian civil war
Demographics
Geography
Climate
See also
Notes
External links

== Etymology == Since the fall of the Assad regime, the city has officially reverted to its original name, Tabqa. The name literally means "the layer" or "the stratum" in Arabic, and likely refers to the geographic or topographic features of the area, such as stepped terrain or layered rock formations along the Euphrates, where the city and dam are located.