Al-Thawrah (, ; ), also known as Al-Tabqah (, also ; , ; official name before 8 March 1967), is a city in Raqqa Governorate, Syria, approximately west of Raqqa. The name "al-Thawrah" literally means "The Revolution", in reference to the March 8th revolution. The Tabqa Dam and Lake Assad on the Euphrates are near al-Thawrah. The city had a population of 69,425 as of the 2004 census. It is part of the Tabqa Region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.