Afrin

Northwestern Syria is the region around . It is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site the and countless archaeological remains. Travel in this region is both difficult and dangerous.
  • Town with 36,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 229 metres (751 feet)
  • Description: City and District in Syria
  • Also known as
    “‘Ifrīn”
    “Aafrîne”
    “Afrin, Syria”
    “Efrin”
    “Halenj”

Afrin

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Latitude
36.50838° or 36° 30′ 30″ north
Longitude
36.87009° or 36° 52′ 12″ east
Open location code
8G8RGV5C+92
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Afrin” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Afrin”
  • Arabic: “ريف حلب الشمالي مركز عفرين ناحية عفرين”
  • Arabic: “عفرين”
  • Armenian: “Աֆրին”
  • Asturian: “Afrin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əfrin”
  • Basque: “Afrin”
  • Bavarian: “Afrin”
  • Bavarian: “Efrin”
  • Belarusian: “Афрын”
  • Bulgarian: “Африн”
  • Catalan: “Afrin”
  • Cebuano: “‘Afrīn”
  • Central Kurdish: “عەفرین”
  • Chinese: “阿夫林”
  • Czech: “Afrín”
  • Danish: “Afrin”
  • Dutch: “Afrin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عفرين”
  • Esperanto: “Efrîn”
  • Finnish: “Afrin”
  • French: “Afrin”
  • French: “Afrine”
  • French: “Efrin”
  • Georgian: “აფრინი”
  • German: “Afrin”
  • German: “Efrin”
  • Greek: “Αφρίν”
  • Hebrew: “אפרין”
  • Hebrew: “עפרין”
  • Hindi: “आफरीन”
  • Hungarian: “Afrín”
  • Icelandic: “Afrin”
  • Interlingue: “Afrin”
  • Irish: “Afrin”
  • Italian: “Afrin”
  • Italian: “Efrin”
  • Japanese: “アフリーン”
  • Korean: “아프린”
  • Kurdish: “Afrîn”
  • Kurdish: “Efrîn”
  • Kurdish: “Erfîn”
  • Kurdish: “Kobanî”
  • Macedonian: “Африн”
  • Mazanderani: “عفرین”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Afrin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Afrin”
  • Norwegian: “Afrin”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “‏ܥܦܪܝܢ‎”
  • Persian: “عفرین”
  • Polish: “Afrin”
  • Polish: “Efrîn”
  • Portuguese: “Afrîn”
  • Romanian: “Afrin, Siria”
  • Romanian: “Afrin”
  • Russian: “Африн”
  • Serbian: “Африн”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عفرین”
  • Spanish: “Afrin”
  • Swedish: “Afrin”
  • Turkish: “Afrin, Suriye”
  • Turkish: “Afrin”
  • Ukrainian: “Афрін”
  • Urdu: “عفرین، شام”
  • Uzbek: “Afrin”
  • Vietnamese: “Afrin, Syria”
  • Vietnamese: “Afrin”

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