Al Thawrah
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Al-Thawrah الثورة Tabaqah, At Tabqah |
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 Al-Thawrah
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| Coordinates: 35°50′12″N 38°32′53″E / 35.83667°N 38.54806°ECoordinates: 35°50′12″N 38°32′53″E / 35.83667°N 38.54806°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Raqqa Governorate |
| District | Al-Thawrah District |
| Nahiyah | Al-Thawrah Subdistrict |
| Elevation | 328 m (1,076 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • Total | 69,425 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 (UTC) |
Al-Thawrah (Arabic: الثورة aṯ ṯawrah), also known as al-Tabqah (Arabic: الطبقة aṭ ṭabqah; Kurdish: Tebqa, Classical Syriac: ܛܒܩܗ; official name before 8 March 1967), is a city located in Raqqa Governorate (Syria), approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of Raqqa. The name "al-Thawrah" literally means "The Revolution", in reference to the March 8th revolution. The Tabqa Dam, which compounds the Euphrates and creates Lake Assad, was built near al-Thawrah. The city had a population of 69,425 as of the 2004 census.
On 26 November 2012, during the Syrian Civil War, a main route from Raqqa to Aleppo passing through Al-Thawrah along the Euphrates was dotted with both government and rebel checkpoints. On 11 February 2013, Syrian opposition forces took over the city. On 21 November, there was fierce fighting between government troops and rebels in the town. On 25 November, the rebels were in control of the town. On 5 January 2014, there were clashes in Tabqa, where ISIL forces were most dominant, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). On 22 March 2017, SOHR reported that an international coalition airstrike killed or injured more than 40 people. The BBC reported 27 killed and 40 wounded. The SDF, as well as the SOHR, announced on 10 May that the alliance had completely captured the town as well as the dam.
According to multiple sources, prior to the civil war, the majority of the city's inhabitants were Sunni Arabs, with a significant Sunni Kurdish minority and a small Assyrian minority of around 1,000 people.
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