Rajo رَاجُو | |
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Town | |
  Rajo | |
| Coordinates:36°40′32″N36°39′50″E / 36.67556°N 36.66389°E /36.67556; 36.66389 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Afrin |
| Subdistrict | Rajo |
| Control |  TurkeySyrian transitional government |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 4,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Rajo (Arabic:رَاجُو,romanized: Rāǧū;Kurdish:Reco) orRaju is a town inAfrin District,Aleppo Governorate, northwesternSyria. Rajo is the center of asub-district of the same name with approximately 65 villages and farms around it. The town has around 4,000 inhabitants while the total population of the sub-district is 21,955 (2004 official census).
Rajo is an old settlement that lies on the Baylan plateau to the west ofKurd Mountain. The name Rajo originated from an oldKurdish family of the same name of the trunk Schaykh(k)an. Rajo was connected to theBaghdad Railway in 1912.
On 7 September 2016, at around 18:00 local time, the Turkish army started shelling the village of Sorkê located 7 km west-southwest of Rajo withhowitzers,mortar shells andtanks. Six members of the KurdishYPG security forces were killed.[1][2]
On 3 February 2018, armed clashes broke out inBulbul and Rajo between the Turkish-backedSyrian National Army and theSyrian Democratic Forces’People's Protection Units (YPG) amidst theTurkish military intervention.[3] On 3 March, Turkey-led forces captured Rajo, which had become one of the major Kurdish strongholds in west Afrin. It was besieged on three sides and fell with no significant resistance.[4][5] In June 2021, theGovernor of Hatay announced plans for the establishment of an Atatürk Museum in the houseMustafa Kemal Atatürk stayed while fighting inWorld War I.[6]
Since the attack by Turkish Forces into Rajo, the area has seen widespread destruction, and immensepoverty. Accordingly in 2022, winter was threatening to create afamine forinternally displaced persons in the region.[7]
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