Shuwayrin | |
Native Name: | شويرين |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Shuwayrin in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Aleppo |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Azaz |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Sawran |
Elevation M: | 465 |
Population: | 695 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Geocode: | C1660 |
Shuwayrin (Arabic: شويرين|Shwīrīn; Turkish: Şiferin), alternatively spelled Shweirin or Shurin, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located halfway between Azaz and al-Rai, some 40km (30miles) north of the city of Aleppo and south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis, the village administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Rael to the northwest and Duwaybiq to the southwest.
In the 2004 census, Shuwayrin had a population of 695. The village is inhabited by Turkmen.[1] In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Shuwayrin as a Turkish village of 20 houses, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.[2]