Shamarikh

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Shamarikh

| native_name = شمارخ

| native_name_lang = ar

| type = Village

| pushpin_map = Syria

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Shamarikh in Syria

| coordinates = {{coord|format=dms|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Aleppo

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Azaz

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = Azaz

| elevation_m =

| population = 226

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_as_of = 2004

| population_footnotes = {{#tag:ref|{{cite web |title=2004 Census Data for Nahiya Azaz|url=http://www.cbssyr.sy/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB02-22-2004.htm |publisher=Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics |language=ar }} Also available in English: {{cite web |author=UN OCHA |title=2004 Census Data |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/syrian-arab-republic-other-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 |publisher=Humanitarian Data Exchange }}|name=census2004}}

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3

| geocode = C1557

| website =

}}

Shamarikh ({{langx|ar|شمارخ}}; {{langx|tr|Şımarık}}) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located on the Queiq Plain, {{convert|9|km|mi}} northeast of Azaz, {{cvt|45|km|mi}} north of the city of Aleppo, and {{cvt|2.5|km|mi}} south of the border with the Turkish province of Kilis.

The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Azaz in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Shamarin {{cvt|1.5|km|mi}} to the north and Tulayl ash-Sham {{cvt|1.5|km|mi}} to the west. In the 2004 census, Shamarikh had a population of 226. The village is inhabited by Turkmens.{{cite book |last1=Erol |first1=Mehmet |title=Halep Türkmenleri Halk Kültürü Araştırması [Aleppo Turkmen Folklore Research] |date=2012 |page=46 |language=tr}} In late 19th century, traveler Martin Hartmann noted Shimmarik as a mixed village of Turks and Bedouins, then located in the Ottoman nahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.{{cite book |last1=Hartmann |first1=Martin |title=Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket |date=1894 |publisher=W. Pormetter |location=Berlin |page=95}}

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