Euphrates Region
Euphrates Region
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De facto region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria | |
The regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the Euphrates Region is in light blue | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo, Raqqa |
| Administration | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (de facto) |
| Autonomy declared | January 27, 2014 |
| Administrative center | Kobanî |
| Government | |
| • Co-presidents | Lemis Abdullah and Mihemed Şahin |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2004) | 322,227 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Area code | +963 21 |
Euphrates Region also known as Kobani Adminstration and Autonomous Administration in Kobani, formerly the Kobanî Canton, (Kurdish: Herêma Firatê; Arabic: إقليم الفرات; Classical Syriac: ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܦܪܬ, romanized: Ponyotho d'Prat) is an administrative region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, comprising Ayn al-Arab District of the Aleppo Governorate alongside northern areas of Raqqa Governorate.
The region has two subordinate cantons, the Kobani Canton consisting of the Sarrin area (with the al-Jalabiya district subordinate to it) and the Kobani area (with the Şêran and the Qenaya Subdistricts subordinate to it), as well as the Tel Abyad Canton (with the Ain Issa and Suluk Subdistricts subordinate to it).