Kurdistan - Syria

Syria's Kurds mostly live in a geocultural region located in present-day north-eastern Syria. This region covers greater part of the governorate of Al Hasakah. The main cities in this region are Al-Qamishli (or "Qamişlû" in Kurdish) and Al Hasakah (or "Hesaka" in Kurdish). Another region with significant Kurdish population is Kobani (Ain al-Arab) in the northern part of Syria near the town of Jarablus. The Kurdish-inhabited northern and northeastern parts of Syria in Kurdish is called "Kurdistana Binxetê". An area of Kurdish concentration is Kurd-Dagh in the northwest, around the town of Afrin in Aleppo Governorate, a region that extends to the Turkish districts Islahiye and Kırıkhan. Also many Kurds live in metropolitan areas and large cities of the country. Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Syria making up 10% of the country's population i.e. about two million. Most of them are Sunni Muslims; there are also Yazidi Kurds in Syria.