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Efrîna Min: Map of Afrin

From Kurdo, who makes Pel. The second app is a map of home.

Every village of Efrîn, on one map.

Efrîna Min is a map of Efrîn in Kurdish and Arabic: its seven regions, its villages, shrines, old sites and mountains, and the roads between them.

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Efrîna Min

This is the app’s own map. Tap a region, zoom in to its villages, or search for yours.

Regions
7
Villages and places
354
Shrines, old sites and mountains
93
Questions about Efrîn
12

Open it, and Efrîn is in your hand.

Ten screens from the app, as it looks on an iPhone. Swipe through them.

The opening sheet: Efrîn with its 7 regions, 366 village profiles and 172,095 residents in 2004, and the way into the questions. The opening sheet: Efrîn with its 7 regions, 366 village profiles and 172,095 residents in 2004, and the way into the questions.
Efrîna Min: all of Efrîn at a glance
Village of the day: a red pickup drives the road from Afrin Garages to Cilbirê, naming the road it is on and the villages on the way. Village of the day: a red pickup drives the road from Afrin Garages to Cilbirê, naming the road it is on and the villages on the way.
Gundê îro: a new village every day
The card for the village of Meydankê in Şera: its height, about 376 metres, and its population, 4,969. The card for the village of Meydankê in Şera: its height, about 376 metres, and its population, 4,969.
Meydankê: a village and what is known about it
Roads from Meydankê drawn on the map: 16.7 km to Şera and 24.5 km to Efrîn town. Roads from Meydankê drawn on the map: 16.7 km to Şera and 24.5 km to Efrîn town.
Riyan: the roads to Şera and to Efrîn
The road network of Efrîn: main roads in dark red, the way to each village in light red, and a red dot on each region's town. The road network of Efrîn: main roads in dark red, the way to each village in light red, and a red dot on each region's town.
Rê: every road, from Efrîn to each town
Efrîn on satellite imagery, with the old sites, shrines and mountains marked across the district. Efrîn on satellite imagery, with the old sites, shrines and mountains marked across the district.
Satelît: shrines, old sites and mountains
Olive presses across Efrîn: about 110 villages whose Afrin Archive page mentions a press, old or modern. Olive presses across Efrîn: about 110 villages whose Afrin Archive page mentions a press, old or modern.
Mehsere: the olive presses, village by village
The 3D view: the Efrîn river valley seen from above, with Efrîn, Şera and Bilbilê in the hills. The 3D view: the Efrîn river valley seen from above, with Efrîn, Şera and Bilbilê in the hills.
3D: the river valley and the hills
A question card: which village sits highest on the mountain? A question card: which village sits highest on the mountain?
Ma tu dizanî? Twelve questions
The answer turned over: Bêkê, about 1006 metres up, shown on the map. The answer turned over: Bêkê, about 1006 metres up, shown on the map.
Bersiv: the answer, on the map

Look for your village. Find the way there.

The map opens on all of Efrîn. Tap a region, search for a name, or zoom in until every village has its own label.

  1. 01

    Find any village

    Search in Kurdish, Arabic or English. The map flies down to the village and shows the places around it.

  2. 02

    See the roads

    A village’s card shows the roads to its regional centre and to Efrîn town, or to any other village you choose, with the other ways there.

  3. 03

    Atlas or satellite

    Switch the drawn atlas for satellite imagery, and turn on the old sites, shrines and mountains, each with its source.

  4. 04

    The land in 3D

    Tilt the map and the hills of Efrîn rise up around the river valley.

  5. 05

    Twelve questions

    Flip-cards ask what you know: the largest region, the highest village, the course of the river. Each answer is shown on the map.

  6. 06

    Works without a signal

    All 354 places come with the app, so you can search for them anywhere. Map tiles and roads need the internet.

Every name in Kurdish, and in Arabic.

One tap switches the whole map between Kurmanji and Arabic, so the region you know as Reco can be found by someone who knows it as راجو.

The map of Efrîn with Kurdish labels: Reco, Bilbilê, Şera, Mabeta, Şiyê, Cindirês and Efrîn. The map of Efrîn with Kurdish labels: Reco, Bilbilê, Şera, Mabeta, Şiyê, Cindirês and Efrîn.
Kurmancî
The same map with Arabic labels: راجو، بلبل، شران، معبطلي، شيخ الحديد، جنديرس، عفرين. The same map with Arabic labels: راجو، بلبل، شران، معبطلي، شيخ الحديد، جنديرس، عفرين.
عربي
Kurmancîعربي
Efrînمركز عفرين
Bilbilêبلبل
Cindirêsجنديرس
Mabetaمعبطلي
Recoراجو
Şeraشران
Şiyêشيخ الحديد

Where the map comes from

Boundaries are from UN OCHA through geoBoundaries. Villages and places are from Afrin Archive, Tirej Afrin and GeoNames; the base map from OpenStreetMap through OpenFreeMap; satellite imagery from Esri. Every landmark links to its source. Boundaries are reference data, not a statement about political control.

Find your village.

Efrîna Min needs no account and keeps no record of where you look.

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About Kurdo

Kurdo builds small apps for learning and using Kurdish. Pel, a Kurdish tear-off calendar, was the first. See all apps.