Ayn al-Arab District

`Ain al-`Arab District (Arabic: منطقة عين العرب, romanized: manṭiqat ‘Ayn al-‘Arab) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Kobani.

Sub-Districts of `Ayn al-`Arab District

The administrative center of Ayn al-Arab Subdistrict shown above is the city of Kobani.

The administrative center of Shuyukh Tahtani Subdistrict shown above is the city of Shuyukh Tahtani.

The administrative center of Sarrin Subdistrict shown above is the city of Sarrin.

Ayn al-Arab District منطقة عين العرب
District
Location of Ayn al-Arab District within Aleppo Governorate
Ayn al-Arab District Location in Syria
Coordinates (Kobani): 36.89°N 38.37°E / 36.89; 38.37
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
Seat	Kobani
Subdistricts	4 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	3,068.04 km2 (1,184.58 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]	192,513
Geocode	SY0206

The district fills the northeastern section of the governorate, and its northern boundary is along the Syria–Turkey border.

At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 192,513.^[1]

Sub-districts

The district of Ayn Al-Arab is divided into four sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

Subdistricts of Ayn al-Arab District

Code	Name	Area	Population	Seat
SY020600	Ayn al-Arab Subdistrict	745.60 km2	81,424	Ayn al-Arab
SY020601	Shuyukh Tahtani Subdistrict	318.86 km2	43,861	Shuyukh Tahtani
SY020602	Sarrin Subdistrict [ar]	2,003.57 km2	69,931	Sarrin
	Al-Jalabiyah Subdistrict			Al-Jalabiyah

Al-Jalabiyah Subdistrict was separated from Sarrin Subdistrict in 2009.^[2]

References

1. "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.
2. "احداث منطقتي دير حافر والاتارب تعزيزاً لمسيرة التنمية". Al-Jamahir (in Arabic). Aleppo. 25 February 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016.