Umm Sharshouh
Umm Sharshouh is a village in Homs Governorate, Syria and has about 1,350 residents. Umm Sharshouh is situated nearby to the hamlet Ath-Thawra, as well as near Ash-Shab’aniye.Photo: Gheyas1969, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 1,350 residents
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Oum Charchoûh”, “Oum ech Cherchouch”, “Oumm Charchoûch”, “Oumm Charchouh”, “Umm Sharshuh”, and “Umm Sharshūḩ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Talbiseh and Al-Rastan.
Talbiseh
Town
Talbiseh is a large town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Homs Governorate, about 10 kilometers north of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Rastan to the north, al-Ghantoo to the southwest and al-Mashrafah to the east. Talbiseh is situated 5 km southeast of Umm Sharshouh.
Al-Rastan
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Al-Rastan is the third largest city in the Homs Governorate, located 25 kilometers north of its administrative capital Homs and 22 kilometers from Hama. Al-Rastan is situated 7 km northeast of Umm Sharshouh.
Umm Sharshouh
- Categories: populated place in Syria and locality
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.876° or 34° 52′ 34″ northLongitude
36.68807° or 36° 41′ 17″ eastPopulation
1,350Elevation
437 metres (1,434 feet)Open location code
8G6RVMGQ+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 572550373OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
162840Wikidata ID
Q12180460
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Umm Sharshouh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم شرشوح”
- French: “Oum Charshouh”
- German: “Umm Scharshuh”
- German: “Umm Sharshuh”
- Hebrew: “אום שרשוח”
- Japanese: “ウッム・シャルシューフ”
- Korean: “움샤르슈흐”
- Russian: “Умм-Шаршух”
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