Al-Thawrah
ٱلثَّوْرَة Al-Tabqah • ٱلطَّبْقَة | |
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Coordinates: 35°50′12″N 38°32′53″E / 35.83667°N 38.54806°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Raqqa |
District | al-Thawrah |
Subdistrict | al-Thawrah |
Control | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
Elevation | 328 m (1,076 ft) |
Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 69,425 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Al-Thawrah (Arabic: ٱلثَّوْرَة, romanized: aṯ-Ṯawrah), also known as Al-Tabqah (Arabic: ٱلطَّبْقَة, romanized: aṭ-Ṭabqah, also aṭ-Ṭabaqah),[1] is a city in Raqqa Governorate, Syria, approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of Raqqa. Al-Tabqah was the original name the settlement, which up until the 1960s had been relatively small.[2] The name "al-Thawrah" literally means "The Revolution", in reference to the Baathist March 8th revolution in 1963.[3] The Tabqa Dam and Lake Assad on the Euphrates, an important energy source for Syria, are near al-Thawrah.[4] The city had a population of 69,425 as of the 2004 census.[5] It is part of the Tabqa Region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.[3]