Afrin District
منطقة عفرين | |
|---|---|
| Herêma Efrînê | |
 Location of Afrin District within Aleppo Governorate | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| Seat | Afrin |
| Control |  Turkey Syrian Interim Government |
| 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, romanized: manṭiqat Afrīn, Kurdish: Herêma Efrînê) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Afrin. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 172,095.[1] Syria's Afrin District fell under the control of the People's Protection Units (YPG) around 2012 and an "Afrin Canton" was declared in 2014, followed by an "Afrin Region" in 2017. During Operation Olive Branch, the entire district was captured by Turkey and its allies.[2]
- ^ a b "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "Turkey takes full control of Syria's Afrin region, reports say". Retrieved 3 June 2018.