Jarabulus District

Jarabulus District

منطقة جرابلس
Jarabulus District منطقة جرابلس
District
	Location of Jarabulus District within Aleppo Governorate
	Jarabulus District Location in Syria
	Coordinates (Jarabulus): 36°49′N 38°01′E / 36.82°N 38.02°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
Seat	Jarabulus
Control	Turkey; Syrian Interim Government
Subdistricts	2 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	607.48 km2 (234.55 sq mi)
Population (2004)	58,889
Geocode	SY0208

Jarabulus District (Arabic: منطقة جرابلس, romanized: manṭiqat Ğarābulus) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, on the border with Turkey. The administrative centre is the city of Jarabulus.

Subdistricts of Jarabulus District

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

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

At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 58,889.^[1] Ethnically, it is mostly composed of Arabs and Turkmens^[2]^[3]^[4] but also includes Kurds, who settled in the area during the 17th century.^[5]

The Euphrates river enters Syria from Turkey in Jarabulus.

Subdistricts

The district of Jarabulus is divided into two subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004^[1]):

Subdistricts of Jarabulus District
Code	Name	Area	Population	Seat
SY020800	Jarabulus Subdistrict	316.52 km²	41,575	Jarabulus
SY020801	Ghandoura Subdistrict	290.95 km²	17,314	Ghandoura

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ van Wilgenburg, Wladimir. "Kurdish Strategy Towards Ethnically-Mixed Areas in the Syrian Conflict". Terrorism Monitor Volume: 11 Issue: 23. The Jamestown Foundation. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
^ Khalifa, Mustafa. "The impossible partition of Syria" (PDF). Thematic Studies. Arab Reform Initiative. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
^ SURİYE’DE GÜVENLİ BÖLGE TARTIŞMALARI: TÜRKİYE AÇISINDAN RİSKLER, FIRSATLAR VE SENARYOLAR (PDF) (in Turkish, English, and Arabic). ORTADOĞU STRATEJİK ARAŞTIRMALAR MERKEZİ. 2012. ISBN 978-605-4615-10-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
^ Tejel, Jordi (2008). Syria's Kurds: History, Politics and Society. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-134-09642-8.