Maar Shurin

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Maar Shurin
معرشورين
Maarshurin
Village
Maar Shurin is located in Syria
Maar Shurin
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
GovernorateIdlib
DistrictMaarrat al-Nu'man
SubdistrictMaarrat al-Nu'man
Population
 (2004)
 • Total7,487
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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[edit]

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Boulanger, 1966, p. 412.