Afrin District
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Afrin District is a predominantly Kurdish region in northwestern Syria that became widely known as the main target of Turkey’s 2018 military offensive, Operation Olive Branch.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Afrin | 1 |
| Afrin, Syria | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
district ⓘ |
| administrativeCentre | Afrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area | approximately 2,000 square kilometres (approximate, various estimates) ⓘ |
| borderWith |
Hatay Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kilis Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Afrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Syrian civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Afrin city
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
numerous Kurdish villages ⓘ olive groves ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | Operation Olive Branch began in January 2018 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly Kurdish population ⓘ |
| event | Turkish military offensive in 2018 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governorateCapital | Aleppo (for Aleppo Governorate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisions | several subdistricts (nawahi) ⓘ |
| knownFor | olive production ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Afrin Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aleppo Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Syria ⓘ |
| locatedOn | edge of the Kurd Mountains (Jabal al-Akrad) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorEthnicGroup | Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aleppo Governorate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
de facto Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (before 2018, in practice) ⓘ |
| preWarPopulation | hundreds of thousands of inhabitants (various estimates) ⓘ |
| religions |
Christianity (minority)
ⓘ
Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Yazidism (minority) ⓘ |
| resultOf2018Offensive |
Turkish and allied Syrian opposition control over Afrin city
ⓘ
displacement of large numbers of Kurdish residents ⓘ |
| timezone |
Eastern European Time
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UTC+02:00 ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | UTC+03:00 ⓘ |
| UNLocodeStatus | internationally recognized as part of Syria ⓘ |
| wasControlledBy |
Kurdish-led forces
ⓘ
People's Protection Units (YPG) NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian government (de jure, before Syrian civil war) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasInvadedBy |
Turkish Armed Forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition groups ⓘ |
| wasTargetOf | Operation Olive Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Afrin, Syria
this entity surface form:
Afrin