Raqqa District
# Raqqa District

Raqqa District (Arabic: منطقة مركز الرقة, romanized: Manṭiqat ar-Raqqah) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Raqqa. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 503,960.

## Sub-districts

The district of Raqqa is divided into four subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

* Raqqa Subdistrict (ناحية الرقّة): population 338,773.
* Al-Sabkhah Subdistrict (ناحية السبخة): population 48,106
* Al-Karamah Subdistrict (ناحية الكرامة): population 74,429.
* Maadan Subdistrict (ناحية معدان): population 42,652.
