Afrin Region
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Afrin Region Herêma Efrînê |
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| One of three de facto regions of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria | |||
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 The three regions of the DFNS: Afrin Region (orange), Euphrates Region (red) and Jazira Region (green). |
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 Syria
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| Governorate | Aleppo | ||
| De facto Administration | Democratic Federation of Northern Syria | ||
| Autonomy declared | January 29, 2014 | ||
| Administrative center | Afrin | ||
| Government | |||
| • Prime Minister | Hevi Ibrahim | ||
| Population | |||
| • Estimate (2017) | 1,000,000+ | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Area code | +963 21 | ||
| Website | http://cantonafrin.com/en/ | ||
Afrin Region, (Kurdish: Herêma Efrînê, Arabic: إقليم عفرين, Classical Syriac: ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܥܦܪܝܢ, translit. Ponyotho d'Afrin), is the westernmost of the three regions of the de facto autonomous Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS, most commonly known as Rojava).
The region has two subordinate cantons, the Afrin Canton consisting of the Efrîn area (with the Şêrewa, Mobata, Shera and Maydankah districts subordinate to it), Jandêrs area (with the Şiyê district subordinate to it), Ad-Rajo area (with the Bulbul, Maydana and Bahdina districts subordinate to it), as well as the Shahba canton consisting of the Tel Rifat area (with the Ahraz, Fafîn and Kafr Naya districts subordinate to it). The status of Manbij is somewhat unclear, while some reports stating it as part of Shabha canton and Afrin region, the communal and regional elections weren't held there and the official DFNS documents that clarified the new regional framework did not refer to Manbij.
Afrin Region was first declared autonomous under the name of Afrin Canton in January 2014.
The subdivision of the DFNS was renamed to Afrin Region during subdivision-congresses of the DFNS held in July and august 2017. While the name Afrin Canton was given to one of it's two subdivisions as the canton or province became the name for second level subdisions in the DFNS. The administrative centre of the region is the town of Afrin. The prime minister of Afrin Region is Hevi Ibrahim.
Afrin is the furthest western region of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. It consists of Syrian part of the Kurd Mountains, the DFNS governed parts of the Shabha area and a large part of the Manbij plain. Afrîn Region is bordered by the Euphrates region to the east, Kilis Province of Turkey to the north and Hatay Province of Turkey to the west.
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