Shifshirin
Shifshirin is a village in Shekhan District, Nineveh Governorate. Shifshirin is situated nearby to the village شیڤ شرین, as well as near کیس قەلعە.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ain Sifni and Dostqatil.
Ain Sifni
Town
Ain Sifni also known as Shekhan, is a town and subdistrict in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Shekhan District in the Nineveh Plains. Ain Sifni is largely populated by Yazidis, most of whom speak Kurmanji Kurdish. Ain Sifni is situated 6 km northeast of Shifshirin.
Dostqatil
Village
Dashqotan is a village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Tel Kaif District in the Nineveh Plains. In the village, there is a church of the Virgin Mary of the Ancient Church of the East. Dostqatil is situated 8 km west of Shifshirin.
Jirawanah
Locality
Photo: Leviclancy, CC0.
Jerwan is a locality north of Mosul in the Nineveh Province of Iraq. The site is clear of vegetation and is sparsely settled. The site is famous for the ruins of an enormous aqueduct crossing the Khenis River, constructed of more than two million dressed stones and using stone arches and waterproof cement. Jirawanah is situated 8 km northeast of Shifshirin.
Shifshirin
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Shifshīrin”, “Shifshīrīn”, “Shifshīrin, Shiv Shirin, شفشيرن, Shifshirin, Shiv Shirin, شفشيرن”, and “Shiv Shirin”
- Category: locality
- Location: Shekhan District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.64013° or 36° 38′ 25″ northLongitude
43.30778° or 43° 18′ 28″ eastElevation
411 metres (1,348 feet)Open location code
8H85J8R5+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 2488247378OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
90884
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Shifshirin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شفشيرن”
- Arabic: “شيف شرين”
- French: “Shifshirin”
- German: “Shifshirin”
- Kurdish: “Shîv Shîrîn”
- Kurdish: “شيڤ شيرين”
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