Shuwayrin
شويرين
Village
Shuwayrin is located in Syria
Shuwayrin
Shuwayrin
Location of Shuwayrin in Syria
Coordinates: 36°34′57″N 37°17′35″E / 36.5825°N 37.2931°E / 36.5825; 37.2931
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAzaz
SubdistrictSawran
Elevation
465 m (1,526 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
695
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1660

Shuwayrin (Arabic: شويرين, romanized: 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 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the city of Aleppo and 9 km (5.6 mi) south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis, the village administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Rael 2 km (1.2 mi) to the northwest and Duwaybiq 3 km (1.9 mi) to the southwest.

Demographics

In the 2004 census, Shuwayrin had a population of 695.[1] The village is inhabited by Turkmen.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Sawran, Aleppo Governorate" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. ^ Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. p. 95. Retrieved 30 November 2022. schwērin 20 T
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