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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):

Subdistricts of Ayn al-Arab District
Code Name Area Population Seat
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

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference census2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "احداث منطقتي دير حافر والاتارب تعزيزاً لمسيرة التنمية". Al-Jamahir (in Arabic). Aleppo. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2016.