Shinshar
Shinshar is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located between Homs to the north, al-Qusayr to the southwest and Shamsin to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 3,120 residents
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Chenchar”, “Chinnchâr”, “Shanshar”, “Shanshār”, and “Shinshār”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abil and Al-Buwaida ash-Sharqiya.
Abil
Village
Abil is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located 10 kilometers south of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Nuqayrah and Kafr Aya to the north, Maskanah to the northeast, Judaydat al-Sharqiyah to the east, Shinshar to the southeast, Damina al-Sharqiyah to the south, al-Buwaydah al-Sharqiyah to the southwest and Qattinah to the west. Abil is situated 6 km northwest of Shinshar.
Al-Buwaida ash-Sharqiya
Village
Al-Buwaidah al-Sharqiyah is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southeast of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Qusayr and al-Dabaah to the southwest, Damina al-Sharqiya to the southeast, Shinshar to the east and Qattina to the northwest. Al-Buwaida ash-Sharqiya is situated 7 km west of Shinshar.
Shinshar
- Categories: populated place in Syria and locality
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.60443° or 34° 36′ 16″ northLongitude
36.72215° or 36° 43′ 20″ eastPopulation
3,120Elevation
613 metres (2,011 feet)Open location code
8G6RJP3C+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 572556825OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
164256Wikidata ID
Q1765985
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shinshar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شنشار”
- Dutch: “Shinshar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شنشار”
- French: “Chinchar”
- German: “Schinschar”
- German: “Shinshar”
- Persian: “شنشار”
- Polish: “Szinszar”
- Russian: “Шиншар”
- Thai: “ชินชาร”
- Vietnamese: “Shinshar”
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