`Ain al-`Arab District () is a

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Aleppo Governorate Aleppo Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' ) is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of the t ...

in northern

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. The

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is the city of Kobani. The district fills the northeastern section of the governorate, and its northern boundary is along the

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. 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 (''population as of 2004''): Al-Jalabiyah Subdistrict was separated from Sarrin Subdistrict in 2009.

References

Districts of Aleppo Governorate {{AleppoSY-geo-stub