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Afrin in Lines

The districts and Villages of Afrin
The Archeological Sites in Afrin
Afrin Bazaars
The Old Teachers of Afrin
Olive in Afrin
The Traditional Games
The Springs in Afrin
The Clans of Afrin
The Domestic Cultural Social Club of Afrin
Hara Dara Bridge ( The Railroad Line of the Quick Train of Orient)
The Weddings in Afrin
The Religious Shrines
The People\'s Resistance against the French Occupation
The Factories and Soap Manufacturing
17 April Dam in Afrin
A Glance at the Grain Center in Afrin

THE NAME AND THE HISTORY OF AFRIN CITY

In Roman Times, there was a fast paved Roman road going through the current site of Afrin and therefore it necessitated building a bridge. The excavations in the Southern district of the old city,namely, to the south of Jinderes Road showed that there were large building stones.  Perhaps they were foundations of old buildings or maybe they were the stones of the old Roman Road.

The history books refers that in the Middle Ages around the fourth century A.D.there was a bridge in the city called Qibar Bridge, a name taken from the owner of Qibar Citadel which is still seen to the north west of the current village Arsh Qibar.

Late in Ottoman Age, Afrin city had an inn which was a shelter for passengers and their animals; it was near the bridge in the current council of the city.

After defining the borders between Syria and Turkey according to a French-Turkish agreement in 1922, the region was formally divided into two parts; the Syrian part stayed without administrative center to replace Kilis city which kept all administrative documents and people’s personal affairs as well as their identity cards (ID cards).

By the time the Frenchmen named the Syrian part of the Mount Kurds Kurdax, they had to establish an administrative center for the region; they chose the current site of Afrin nearby the new bridge which the Germans built there in the late 19th century and therefore people earlier used to call the city Coprieh which means bridge in Turkish. The Frenchmen started to build government buildings since 1923.

The first inhabitants were some feudal noblemen such as Al Seydo Mimi, Al Goubari and the chief of Zoroasterians, Darwish Akha Shamo and later Ahmad Khalil from Mamal Oshaghy as well as some Armenian people who fled from the Turkish oppression and then they worked as blacksmiths and other jobs which the French forces needed, especially in preparing their horses.

Afrin city has a population of nearly 80,000 people according to the census of the city’s council and it is a center for 6 towns. But Afrin region has a population of about 450,000 people according to the documents of civil affairs in the late 2000. However, the actual inhabitants in Afrin region is 200,000 in the late 2000 according to the census of population in 1994 and according to an average annual   growth rate of population in Syria.

Afrin region is 202775 hectares in total as mentioned in a census by the   agricultural directorate in Afrin region.

As to the name of Afrin, there are many stories about the origin of its name; some people make it pure Kurdish from ‘Ava riwen’ which means red impure water, others say it is from’’ Avrin’’ which means the flowing water. However, Afrin was first mentioned in the form of ‘Apre’ phonologically and semantically in Assyrian books which back to the ninth century A.D. Similarly, it was almost mentioned in historical texts by historian Strabun since the 5th B.C. Historians agree that it is water in the old Aryans languages.

In addition to that, some other people believe that Afrin is from ‘Afro’ which means the fertile land in Aramyan as mentioned in the Syrian Geographical Dictionary, volume 4, p.314.

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فؤاد الغباري | ا
مشكورين ياشباب
14:14:06 , 2012/08/04

زينب | شكرا
عنجد شي حلو كتير ويلي عايشين بعفرين مو مقدردرين قيمتها
17:54:33 , 2012/04/05

اذدا شير | شكر
think you for information
16:18:13 , 2012/02/17

Rênas | تعليق صغير ...
انا كمان مع الاخ حمورابي ... المقالة هي عبارة اقل من رؤس الاقلام.. بس ما ننسى كمان كل شي خارج اطار التاريخ العربي ممنوع بشكل ما .. و بالتالي كثير من التاريخ مفقود او مدفون مع عدم البحث .. الكثير من المواقع الاثرية متروكة للزمن مع العلم بان البعثات الاجنبية ارادة التكفل بالتنقيب مثلا قلعة نبي هوري (Nebî Hûrrî) و التي تعني احفاد الهوريين باللغة الكوردية عبارة عن اطلال منسية ... و قلعة عن دآريه من الحقبة الاشورية ... و كثير غيرها قي عداد الشبه المسية ... و نتمنى لو اننا نعرف تاريخ المنطقة بالتفاصيل و الحضارات التي تعاقبت عليها ... فبالمحصلة ... هو تاريخنا في المنطقة و جزء من التاريخ الانساني .
04:04:40 , 2012/01/15

ماتريكس للالكترونيات | بطاقة شكر
اشكر الأستاذ عبد الرحمن على عمله الرائع والمميز
01:23:21 , 2011/12/10

حسن عمر | شكر
شكراً للعاملين في موقع تيريج عفرين
20:11:59 , 2011/07/17

احمد | لماز لم تشرحو عاءلات قرية جوبانا وكوردا
نشكركم على معلمات عن منطقطنا الغالية
21:41:45 , 2011/07/16

حمو رابي | مقال جميل
اول مرة بفوت عالموقع الحلو والجميل وانا كتير سمعان عالموقع الرائع بس حابب علق انو المقالة ما بتوحي عالعنوان يعني لما قريت العنوان كنت ناطر انب اقراا تاريخ عفرين من بدايتها وحسب ما اجى بالمقالة مافي ذكر تاريخ عفرين الا من بداية القرون الوسطى وانا يلي بعرفو تاريخ عفرين من الاف السنيين هوة وانتو ذكرتوا انو سكان عفرين كانو اكراد وارمن بس حسب معلوماتي انو الموارنة الاراميين الهن كنائس قديمة ومعابد قدم التاريخ في عفرين واذا ما بقيلون وجود فهدا ما بيعني عدم ذكرهم كسكان اصليين بمنطقة عفرين وانا بحب اكد انو تسمية عفرين هية ارامية وتعني التارب او الارض الخصبة من عفرا بالمفرد وعفرين واخيرا تحية معطرة من اشوري من قامشلو الى اكراد عفرين
16:40:29 , 2011/07/10



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