Ayn al-Arab District
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`Ayn al-`Arab District (Template:Lang-ar-at; Template:Lang-ku) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The Administrative centre is the city of Kobanî.
The district fills the northeastern section of the governorate, and its northern boundary is along the Syria–Turkey border. In January 2014, the territory was declared as the de facto autonomous Kobanî Canton of Rojava.
At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 192,513.[1]
Sub-districts
The district of Ayn Al-Arab is divided into four sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):
Code | Name | Area | Population | Seat |
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SY020600 | Nahiya Ayn al-Arab | 745.60 km² | 81,424 | Kobani |
SY020601 | Nahiya Shuyukh Tahtani | 318.86 km² | 43,861 | Shuyukh Tahtani |
SY020602 | Nahiya Sarrin Nahiya | 2,003.57 km² | 69,931 | Sarrin |
Nahiya Al-Jalabiyah | Al-Jalabiyah |
Nahiya Al-Jalabiyah was separated from Nahiya Sarrin in 2009.[2]
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "احداث منطقتي دير حافر والاتارب تعزيزاً لمسيرة التنمية". Al-Jamahir (in Arabic). Aleppo. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2016.