Raqqa Governorate
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Raqqa Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة الرقة <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Muḥāfaẓat ar-Raqqah) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. Its capital is Raqqa. Its ethnic groups are majority Arabs with a minority of Kurds.
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مُحافظة الرقة | |
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.svg) Map of Syria with Raqqa highlighted | |
| Coordinates (Raqqa): 36°00′N 38°54′E / 36°N 38.9°ECoordinates: 36°00′N 38°54′E / 36°N 38.9°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Capital | Raqqa |
| Manatiq (Districts) | 3 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19,618 km2 (7,575 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 944,000 |
| • Density | 48.119/km2 (124.63/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SY-RA |
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