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 (25mi) north of the city of Aleppo and 9km (5.6mi) south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis, the village administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Rael2km (1.2mi) to the northwest and Duwaybiq3km (1.9mi) 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]
