Shuwayrin

Shuwayrin (شويرين; Şiferin), alternatively spelled Shweirin or Shurin, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located halfway between Azaz and al-Rai, some 40 km north of the city of Aleppo and 9 km 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 to the northwest and Duwaybiq 3 km to the southwest.

Demographics
In the 2004 census, Shuwayrin had a population of 695. The village is inhabited by Turkmen. 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.