Afrin, Syria
Afrin (Arabic: عفرين ʿAfrīn, Kurdish: Efrîn) is both a district and city of the Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The district includes the city of 80.000 inhabitants and 366 surrounding villages and farms. The region Afrin with 490.000 inhabitants is also as Kurd-Dagh (Çiyayê Kurd yan Kurmanc جبل الأكراد، جبال الكورد , on English: Mountain of the Kurds and/or Kurd-Mountain) far admits. The district has a surface of 2.033 km square and e.g. consists of 7 municipalities (Afrin (center), Jindêrês, Sharan, Mobetan/Mahbatli, Rajo, Bulbul, Shiyê) with 366 villages like Qatma, Qastall, Qîbar and Rajo. The name Efrîn means in Kurdish literally fruitfully creation.
The first resistance against French troops was based on DECO and Shikakies tribes in northern Afrin. The city was later built by France as a commercial center.
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36°30′36″N 36°52′04″E / 36.51000°N 36.86778°E
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