Maar Shurin

Maar Shurin
معرشورين
Maarshurin
Village
Maar Shurin

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 35°40′0″N 36°43′28″E / 35.66667°N 36.72444°E / 35.66667; 36.72444
Country  Syria
Governorate Idlib
District Maarrat al-Nu'man
Subdistrict Maarrat al-Nu'man
Population (2004)
  Total 7,487
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Maar Shurin (Arabic: معرشورين, also spelled Maarshurin) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Maarrat al-Nu'man District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Maar Shurin had a population of 7,487 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2] Nearby localities include Maarrat al-Nu'man to the west, Babila to the north, al-Ghadqah to the east, and Maar Shamshah and Talmenes to the south.

References

  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. Boulanger, 1966, p. 412.
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