`Afrin: facts

At a glance

• Country: Syria
• Region: Aleppo
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 48,693
• Coordinates: 36.5119° N, 36.8695° E
• Time zone: Asia/Damascus (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Pound (SYP)
• Distance to the capital, Damascus: 338 km (210 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Aleppo International Airport (ALP): 49 km (30 mi), straight line
• Hatay Airport (HTY, Turkey): 55 km (34 mi), straight line
• Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport (GZT, Turkey): 73 km (45 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Al Ma`batli: 13 km (8 mi)
• Sharan: 14 km (9 mi)
• Qentere: 14 km (9 mi)
• I`zaz: 18 km (11 mi)
• Nubl: 18 km (11 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kilis, 32 km (20 mi)