Nearby localities include Dardaghan to the southwest, Shayrat to the southeast and Tell al-Naqa further to the north.

[2] Many of al-Riqama's inhabitants work in agriculture, cultivating dry cereals, grapes and almonds in irrigated fields, and raise sheep.

[3] Al-Riqama had been classified as an abandoned village or khirba by English scholar Eli Smith in 1838.

[4] The town contains ruined historic structures noted for the dominant cone-shaped dome roofs.

The structures have square bases with two-meter-high walls and are built from red mud brick.