Deir Shamil (, also spelled Deir el-Shemil) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include Nahr al-Bared to the north, Tell Salhab to the northeast, Jubb Ramlah to the east, al-Laqbah and Deir Mama to the south and Daliyah to the west. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Shamil had a population of 4,537 in the 2004 census. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly .Boulanger, 1841, p. 178.
In the early 1960s it was described as a large village of 600 inhabitants. It contained the remains of an Ottoman Syria-era seraglio.
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