Regions of Rojava

Rojava regions
The three regions of the DFNS: Afrin Region (yellow), Euphrates Region (violet and red), Jazira Region (green), not assigned (blue)
Category	Canton
Location	Rojava, Syria
Created	January 29, 2014
Number	3 (three regions)

The Regions of Rojava, formerly known as Cantons, are the three self-governing regions of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. The Afrin, Jazira and Kobanî cantons were first established under the Constitution of Rojava in January 2014. In March 2016, the Shahba region was organized, however it was later formed into a canton of the Afrin region.

The three cantons were later reorganized into three regions with subordinate cantons, areas, districts and communes. Elections for the local councils of the local councils of the Jazira Region, Euphrates Region and Afrin Region will be held in December 2017.

The regions act as the primary sub-division for a "future decentralized system of federal governance in Syria."

Article 7 of the Constitution of Rojava states:

Since the adoption of the Constitution, only the Shahba region (now the Shahba canton of the Afrin Region) has been added to the federation in March 2016.

The YPG has controlled Sheikh Maqsood since 2012, but this territory has never been incorporated into the North Syria Federation.

In December 2016, Rojava started plans for establishing a local civilian council for Raqqa during an offensive on the city. A Deir Ezzor Military Council was also established for plans after the offensive.