Kafr Naya ( ar, كفر نايا, Kafar Naya) is a town in northern

Aleppo Governorate Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen 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 ...

, northwestern Syria. Located north of Aleppo, the town is administratively part of

Nahiya Tell Rifaat Tell Rifaat Subdistrict ( ar-at, ناحية تل رفعت, Nāḥiyah Tel Rif'at) is a nahiyah, subdistrict of Azaz District in northwestern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria. Administrative centre is the town of Tell Rifaat. At the 2004 cens ...

A'zaz District Azaz District ( ar, منطقة أعزاز, manṭiqat A'zāz) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Azaz. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 251,769. The district lies ...

. Nearby localities include

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to the southwest. In the 2004 census, Kafr Naya had a population of 5,647.

Syrian Civil War

Kafr Naya was captured by the

Syrian Democratic Forces , war = the Syrian Civil War , image = Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svgborder , caption = Flag , active = 10 October 2015 – present , ideology = DemocracyDecentralizationSecularism ...

on 15 February 2016, bringing it into the

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava, is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria. It consists of self-governing sub-regions in the areas of Afrin, Jazira, Euphrates, Raqqa, Tabq ...

References

{{AleppoSY-geo-stub Populated places in Azaz District