Shaizar
Shaizar or Shayzar is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located in the northwest of the provincial capital. Localities include: Mahardah, Tremseh, Kafr Hud, Khunayzir, and Halfaya.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 190 metres (620 feet)
- Description: modern town and ancient city in Syria
- Also known as“Chajar”“Cheïzar”“Qal‘at es Seijar”“Qal‘at Sayjar”“Séjar”“Shajar Qaşr”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maharda and Halfaya.
Shaizar
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Latitude
35.26301° or 35° 15′ 47″ north
Longitude
36.562° or 36° 33′ 43″ east
Open location code
8G7R7H76+6R
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Shaizar” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Λάρισσα ἐν Συρίᾳ”
- Arabic: “شجر قصر”
- Arabic: “شيزر”
- Bulgarian: “Шайзар”
- Catalan: “Larisa de Síria”
- Catalan: “Shaizar”
- Catalan: “Shayzar”
- Catalan: “Xaizar”
- Cebuano: “Shayzar”
- Chinese: “夏萨（Shaizar）”
- Chinese: “夏萨”
- Chinese: “夏薩（Shaizar）”
- Chinese: “沙伊扎爾”
- Chinese: “沙扎尔”
- Chinese: “沙扎爾”
- Chinese: “西扎”
- Dutch: “Shaizar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شيزر”
- French: “Chayzar”
- French: “Monqidhites”
- French: “Mounqidhites”
- French: “Schaizar”
- French: “Shaizar”
- French: “Shayzar”
- German: “Schaizar”
- German: “Shaizar”
- Greek: “Σαϊζάρ Συρίας”
- Greek: “Σαϊζάρ”
- Hebrew: “שייזר”
- Italian: “Larissa”
- Italian: “Shayzar”
- Japanese: “シャイザール”
- Korean: “샤이자르”
- Persian: “شیزر”
- Polish: “Szajzar”
- Portuguese: “Shaizar”
- Portuguese: “Xaizar”
- Russian: “Шайзар”
- Russian: “Шейзар”
- Spanish: “Shaizar”
- Turkish: “Şayzer”
- Turkish: “Şeyzer”
- Urdu: “شیزر”
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