Ayn al-Arab District


`Ayn al-`Arab District is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The Administrative centre is the city of Kobani.

The district fills the northeastern section of the governorate, and its northern boundary is along the Syria–Turkey border. In January 2014, the territory was declared as the de facto autonomous Kobanî Canton of Rojava.
At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 192,513.

Sub-districts

The district of Ayn Al-Arab is divided into four sub-districts or nawāḥī :
CodeNameAreaPopulationSeat
SY020600Ayn al-Arab Subdistrict km²Kobani
SY020601Shuyukh Tahtani Subdistrict km²Shuyukh Tahtani
SY020602 km²Sarrin
Al-Jalabiyah Subdistrict km²Al-Jalabiyah

Al-Jalabiyah Subdistrict was separated from Sarrin Subdistrict in 2009.