Al-Riqama (, also spelled
ar-Raqamah) is a town in central
Syria, administratively part of the
Homs Governorate, located 34 kilometers southeast of
Homs. Nearby localities include
Dardaghan to the southwest,
Shayrat to the southeast and Tell Annaqa further to the north. According to the
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Riqama had a population of 3,900 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Alawites.