Atlas of Western Kurdistan

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Rojava

Rojavayê Kurdistanê English Rojava - Western Kurdistan Western Kurdistan or Syrian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Rojavayê Kurdistanê; Arabic: کوردستان السورية Kurdistan Al-Suriyah), also commonly referred to as Rojava (the West in Kurdish), is a de facto autonomous region in northern and north-eastern Syria. Kurds consider Syrian Kurdistan to be part of a greater Kurdistan which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey (Turkish Kurdistan), northeastern Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), and northwestern Iran (Iranian Kurdistan). Short name Rojava Official  name Western Kurdistan Status De facto self-governed, de jure part of Syria Capital Qamişlo (Qamishli) Population - inhabitants Area km² Major  languages Kurdish, Arabic, Aramaic Major  religions Muslim More information Rojava, Geography of Rojava, History of Rojava and Politics of Rojava More  images Rojava - Rojava (Category).

General maps

Map showing the claimed borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)

Map showing de facto cantons of Western Kurdistan (Rojava) in February 2014, as well as territories claimed by Western Kurdistan (Rojava), but not controlled by the Kurds in February 2014

Map showing de facto cantons of Western Kurdistan (Rojava) in February 2014

Map showing de facto borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava) in October 2014

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Map showing the claimed borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)

Map showing the claimed borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)

Map showing the claimed borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)

Map showing the claimed borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Western Kurdistan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Western Kurdistan.

Map of the state of Mitanni in 1450 BC

Map of the state of Mitanni in 1450 BC

Map of the state of Mitanni in circa 1400 BCE

Map of the kingdom of Mitanni at its maximal extension

Map of the state of Mitanni

Map of the state of Mitanni

Map of the state of Mitanni

Median Empire, around 600 BC

Median Empire, around 600 BC

Median Empire, around 600 BC

Median Empire, around 600 BC

Median Empire, 600 BC

Median Empire, since 600 BC

Median Empire, 6th century BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Cyrus the Great

Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Cyrus the Great

Achaemenid Persian Empire, 588-536 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, 588-536 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, 579-560 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 490 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Darius the Great

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 480 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 480 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire

Achaemenid Persian Empire

Macedonian Empire, 336-323

Macedonian Empire, 334-323 BC

Macedonian Empire, 331-301 BC

Macedonian Empire, 323 BC

Macedonian Empire, 323 BC

Macedonian Empire

Macedonian Empire

Macedonian Empire

Macedonian Empire

Seleucid Empire, 323 BC

Seleucid Empire, 301 BC

Seleucid Empire, 200 BC

Seleucid Empire, 194 BC

Seleucid Empire

Seleucid Empire

Seleucid Empire

Parthian Empire, 100 BC

Parthian Empire, 1st century BC

Parthian Empire, 60 BC

Parthian Empire, 60 BC

Parthian Empire, 50 BC

Parthian Empire, 1 AD

Parthian Empire

Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, around 400 AD

Roman-Persian Frontier, 5th century

Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, around 500 AD

Sassanid Persian Empire, around 500 AD

Sassanid Persian Empire, 565 AD

Roman-Persian Frontier, 565

Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, 6th century

Sassanid Persian Empire, 6th century

Sassanid Persian Empire, 600 AD

Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, 600 AD

Sassanid Persian Empire, 620 AD

Sassanid Persian Empire, 226-651

Sassanid Persian Empire

Sassanid Persian Empire

Sassanid Persian Empire

Sassanid Persian Empire

Persian Empires, 610 BC-651 AD

Roman-Persian Frontier in Late Antiquity, 4th-7th centuries

Ghurid Iranian Empire, 1149-1212

Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246

Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246

Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246

Ayyubid Empire, 1188

Ayyubid Empire, 1188

Ayyubid Empire, 1189

Ayyubid Empire, 1190

Ayyubid Empire, 12th century

Anatolia and surrounding regions in AD 1200

Ayyubid Empire, 1250-1260

Ayyubid Empire, 1257

Ayyubid Empire

Timurid Empire, 1365-1405

Timurid Empire, 1405

Timurid Empire, 1405

Timurid Empire, 1405

Timurid Empire

Timurid Empire

Timurid Empire

Safavid Persian Empire in 1501-1722

Safavid Persian Empire in 1501-1722

Safavid Persian Empire in 1512

Safavid Persian Empire, 16th-18th century

Kurdish Independent Kingdoms and Autonomous Principalities circa 1835

Kurdish statehood in the 20th century

Ethno-linguistic maps

Kurdish-inhabited area

Kurdish-inhabited area

Kurdish-inhabited area

Kurdish-inhabited area and Kurdish Diaspora in the Middle East

Kurdish-inhabited area

Kurdish-inhabited area

Kurdish-inhabited area

Kurdish language area

Kurdish language area

Kurdish language area

Kurdish language area

Kurdish language area

Notes and references

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