Shahba is a nickname for the city of Aleppo.[11] The Shahba Canton originally denoted the parts of northern Aleppo Governorate of Syria that are under the administrative control of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria as part of the Afrin Region. Accordingly, the canton initially included Manbij,[1] but by 2019, Shahba Canton had been restructed and only included the area around Tel Rifaat and Menagh.[12]