page_title: Euphrates Region
hierarchical_section_title: Euphrates Region
caption_attribution_description: English: Regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, based on map from https://rojavainformationcenter.com/graphics-and-maps/
context_page_description: Euphrates Region, formerly Kobanî Canton, is the central of three original regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, comprising Ayn al-Arab District of the Aleppo Governorate, Tell Abyad District of the Raqqa Governorate, and the westernmost tip of the Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict of the Ras al-Ayn District of Al-Hasakah Governorate. Euphrates Region unilaterally declared autonomy in January 2014 and since de facto is under direct democratic government in line with the polyethnic Constitution of Rojava.
  The region has two subordinate cantons, the Kobani canton consisting of the Sarin area and the Kobani area, as well as the Tel Abyad canton. The northeast of the region, including Tell Abyad and Suluk, has been under the Turkish occupation of northern Syria since October 2019.
context_section_description: Euphrates Region, formerly Kobanî Canton, (Kurdish: Herêma Firatê‎, Arabic: إقليم الفرات‎, Classical Syriac: ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܦܪܬ‎, romanized: Ponyotho d'Prat), is the central of three original regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, comprising Ayn al-Arab District of the Aleppo Governorate, Tell Abyad District of the Raqqa Governorate, and the westernmost tip of the Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict of the Ras al-Ayn District of Al-Hasakah Governorate. Euphrates Region unilaterally declared autonomy in January 2014 and since de facto is under direct democratic government in line with the polyethnic Constitution of Rojava.
  The region has two subordinate cantons, the Kobani canton consisting of the Sarin 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). The northeast of the region, including Tell Abyad and Suluk, has been under the Turkish occupation of northern Syria since October 2019.
caption: The regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the Euphrates Region is in light blue
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