Maar Shamshah
Maar Shamshah is a village administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Nearby localities include the mantiqah center of Maarrat al-Nu'man to the west, Maar Shurin to the north, Talmenes to the east, Maar Shamrin and Deir Sharqi to the southeast and Deir Gharbi to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Ma‘arr Shamshah”, “Ma`arr Shamshah”, “Maar Chamcha”, and “Maarshmisha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan.
Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan
Archaeological site
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan is a 12th-century Ayyubid-era mosque in the city of Maarat al-Numan, located between Hama and Aleppo in Syria. Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan is situated 3½ km northwest of Maar Shamshah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maarat al-Numan and Deir Sharqi.
Maarat al-Numan
Maarat al-Numan, also known as al-Ma'arra, is a city in northwestern Syria, 33 km south of Idlib and 57 km north of Hama, with a population of 58,008 at the time of the 2004 census.Deir Sharqi
Village
Deir Sharqi, historically called Dayr al-Naqira or Dayr Sim'an, is a village administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Deir Sharqi is situated 3½ km south of Maar Shamshah.
Jarjnaz
Town
Jarjnaz is a Syrian town located in Maarrat al-Nu'man Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jarjnaz had a population of 10,756 in the 2004 census. Jarjnaz is situated 7 km east of Maar Shamshah.
Maar Shamshah
- Categories: village and populated place in Syria
- Location: Idlib Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Maar Shamshah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معر شمشة”
- Dutch: “Maar Shamshah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معر شمشه”
- Persian: “معر شمشه”
- Polish: “Ma’arr Szamsza”
- Urdu: “مار شامشاہ”
- Vietnamese: “Maar Shamshah”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shaykh ‘Abdān Abu Daḩdaḩ and Maarat an-Numan Museum.
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