Shuwayrin شويرين | |
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Village | |
  Shuwayrin Location of Shuwayrin in Syria | |
| Coordinates:36°34′57″N37°17′35″E / 36.5825°N 37.2931°E /36.5825; 37.2931 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Azaz |
| Subdistrict | Sawran |
| Elevation | 465 m (1,526 ft) |
| Population (2004)[1] | 695 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C1660 |
Shuwayrin (Arabic:شويرين,romanized: Shwīrīn;Turkish:Şiferin), alternatively spelledShweirin orShurin, is a village in northernAleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located halfway betweenAzaz andal-Rai, some 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the city ofAleppo and 9 km (5.6 mi) south of theborder with the Turkish province ofKilis, the village administratively belongs toNahiya Sawran inAzaz District. Nearby localities includeRael 2 km (1.2 mi) to the northwest andDuwaybiq 3 km (1.9 mi) to the southwest.
In the 2004 census, Shuwayrin had a population of 695.[1] The village is inhabited byTurkmen.[2] In late 19th century, travelerMartin Hartmann noted Shuwayrin as a Turkish village of 20 houses, then located in the Ottomannahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.[3]
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