Shuwayrin ( ar, شويرين, Shwīrīn), alternatively spelled ''Shweirin'' or ''Shurin'', is a village in northern

Aleppo Governorate Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of ...

, northwestern Syria. Located halfway between

Azaz Azaz ( ar, أَعْزَاز, ʾAʿzāz) is a city in northwest Syria, roughly north-northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Azaz had a population of 31,623 in the 2004 census.

and al-Rai, some north of the city of Aleppo and south of the

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with the Turkish province of

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, the village administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in

Azaz District Azaz District ( ar, منطقة أعزاز, manṭiqat A'zāz) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Azaz. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 251,769. The district lies ...

. Nearby localities include

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to the northwest and

Duwaybiq Duwaybiq ( ar, دويبق, Dūvaybık or ar, دويبيق, Duwaybīq; tr, Toybuk), also known as Duniq ( ar, دونيق, Dūnīq, links=no), is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located some north of the city of Al ...

to the southwest.

Demographics

In the 2004 census, Shuwayrin had a population of 695. In late 19th century, traveler

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noted Shuwayrin as a Turkish village of 20 houses, then located in the Ottoman

nahiyah A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division w ...

of Azaz-i Turkman.

References

{{Aleppo Governorate, azaz Populated places in Azaz District Turkmen communities in Syria