Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS)

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Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS) is a de facto autonomous federation in the predominantly Kurdish northern part of Syria.

The region declared its autonomy in November 2013, as part of the ongoing Rojava conflict, establishing a society based on principles of direct democracy, gender equality, and sustainability.
It adopted an interim constitution in January 2014 and it was declared an federation on 17 March 2016, being led by the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD).

In 2014 it had a population of 4.6 million. The Federation of Northern Syria - Rojave has a large portion of it being non-Kurdish majority areas captured from the Islamic State.

- Subdivision (Copied from wikipedia) -
The federation consists of three regions Afrin Region, Euphrates Region and Cizîre/Jazira Region.

1 Region: 'The Afrin Regions'
1.1 Canton/Province: Afrin Canton
1.1.1 Iqlim: Afrin Area
1.1.2 Iqlim: Rajo Area
1.1.3 Iqlim: Jindires Area
1.2 Canton/Province: Shabha Canton
1.2.1 Iqlim: Tell Rifaat Area
1.2.2 Iqlim/local council: Manbij Area (Manbij Civil Administration)

2 Region: 'The Euphrates Regions'
2.1 Canton/Province: Kobanî Canton
2.1.1 Iqlim: Kobani Area
2.1.2 Iqlim: Sarrin Area
2.2 Canton/Province: Girê Spî/Tell Abyad Canton
2.2.1 Iqlim: 'Girê Spî/Tell Abyad Area
2.3 Tabqa Civilian Council
2.3.1 Tabqa Iqlim
2.3.2 Jurniyah Iqlim
2.4 Raqqa Civilian Council
2.4.1 Raqqa Iqlim
2.4.2 Karamah Iqlim/Civil Council

3 Region: 'The Cizîre Regions'
3.1 Canton/Province: Qamişlo/Qamishli canton
3.1.1 Iqlim: Qamişlo/Qamishli area
3.1.2 Iqlim: Derîk area
3.2 Canton/Province: Hasakah canton
3.2.1 Iqlim: Hasakah area
3.2.2 Iqlim: Dirbêsiyê/Darbasiyah area
3.2.3 Iqlim: Serê Kaniyê/Ras al-Ayn area
3.2.4 Iqlim: Girê Xurma/Tell Tamer area
3.3 Deir Ezzor Civil Administration

List of cities in Rojava in 2014 by population:
Qamişlo ( ~230,000)
Hassaka (~220,000)
Manbij (~120,000)
Efrîn (~80,000)
Kobanê (~50,000)
Derîk (~45,000)
Serêkaniyê (~40,000)
Amûdê (~40,000)

Wikipedia/source:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Northern_Syria
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rojava