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Revision as of 09:15, 5 April 2007 by Asabbagh (talk | contribs) (copyedit, grammar, reordering some parts of the article)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Afrin (Template:Lang-ku, Template:Lang-ar ʿAfrīn) is a district of Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The district consists of the town of the same name with 80,000 inhabitants, as well as 366 surrounding villages.
The region Afrin is also known as Kurd-Dagh, (Template:Lang-ku, Mountain of the Kurds and/or Kurd-Mountain, Kurd mountains). The district has an area of 3,850 sq. kilometers and consists of 7 municipalities (Afrin (center), Jindêrês, Sharan, Mahbata/Mahbatli, Rajo, Bulbul, Shiyê) with 366 villages, like Qatma, Kastall, Qîbar, Rajo and Midan Akbes. The name Afrîn in Kurdish literally means fruitful creation.
The first resistance against French troops was based on DECO and Shikakies tribes in northern Afrin. The city was later built by France as a commercial center.
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36°30′36″N 36°52′04″E / 36.51000°N 36.86778°E / 36.51000; 36.86778
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