Afrin District

This article is about the dejure district. For the defacto canton, see Afrin Canton.
Afrin District
منطقة عفرين
District
Afrin District in Syria
Location of Afrin District within Aleppo Governorate
Coordinates (Afrin): 36°30′36″N 36°52′04″E / 36.51°N 36.8678°E / 36.51; 36.8678Coordinates: 36°30′36″N 36°52′04″E / 36.51°N 36.8678°E / 36.51; 36.8678
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
Seat Afrin
Subdistricts 7 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total 1,840.85 km2 (710.76 sq mi)
Population (2004)[1] 172,095
Geocode SY0203

Afrin District (Arabic: منطقة عفرين‎, translit. manṭiqat Afrīn‎; Kurdish: Efrîn‎) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Afrin. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 172,095.[1]

Sub-Districts of Afrin District
The administrative center of Nahiya Afrin shown above is the city of Afrin.
The administrative center of Nahiya Jindires shown above is the city of Jindires.
The administrative center of Nahiya Shaykh al-Hadid shown above is the city of Shaykh al-Hadid.
The administrative center of Nahiya Maabatli shown above is the city of Maabatli.
The administrative center of Nahiya Sharran shown above is the city of Sharran.
The administrative center of Nahiya Bulbul shown above is the city of Bulbul.
The administrative center of Nahiya Rajo shown above is the city of Rajo.

Sub-districts

The district of Afrin is divided into seven sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

 Subdistricts of Afrin District
Code Name Area Population Seat
SY020300 Afrin Nahiya 427.73 km² 66,188 Afrin
SY020301 Bulbul Nahiya 203.36 km² 12,573 Bulbul
SY020302 Jindires Nahiya 319.43 km² 32,947 Jindires
SY020303 Rajo Nahiya 283.12 km² 21,955 Rajo
SY020304 Sharran Nahiya 305.18 km² 13,632 Sharran
SY020305 Shaykh al-Hadid Nahiya 93.52 km² 13,871 Shaykh al-Hadid
SY020306 Maabatli Nahiya 208.51 km² 11,741 Maabatli

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

External links

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