Middle East
Syria
Idlib Governorate

Khan Shaykhun

Khan Shaykhun is a town in the Maarrat al-Nu'man District, within the southern of northwestern Syria. Khan Shaykhun is located at an altitude of 350 meters on the main highway between and .
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  • Type: Town with 34,400 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Khan Cheykoun”, “Khan Shaykhoun”, “Khān Sheikhūn”, “Khan-Sheikhoun”, “Khâne Chaïkhoun”, and “Khâne Cheïkhoûn”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kafr Zita and Rakaya Sijna.

Town
Photo: Ahmedskasom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in central , administratively part of the , located 30 kilometers north of . Nearby localities include and al-Habit to the northwest, Khan Shaykhun to the northeast, Mork to the east, to the southeast, al-Lataminah, and Mahardah to the south, to the southwest and Kirnaz and Hayalin. is situated 9 km southwest of Khan Shaykhun.

Village
Rakaya Sijneh is a Syrian located in Hish Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Rakaya Sijneh had a population of 2472 in the 2004 census. is situated 9 km northwest of Khan Shaykhun.

Town
Al-Tamanah is a town in northwestern , administratively a part of the Maarrat al-Nu'man District of the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Tamanah had a population of 7,382 in the 2004 census. is situated 9 km east of Khan Shaykhun.

Khan Shaykhun

Latitude
35.44007° or 35° 26′ 24″ north
Longitude
36.64711° or 36° 38′ 50″ east
Population
34,400
Elevation
376 metres (1,234 feet)
Open location code
8G7RCJRW+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 572535115
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
168325
Wiki­data ID
Q603516
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Khan Shaykhun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خان شيخون”
  • Armenian: “Խան Շեյխուն”
  • Asturian: “Khan Shaykhun”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xan-Şeyxun”
  • Bavarian: “Chan Schaichun”
  • Bavarian: “Khan Schaikhun”
  • Cebuano: “Khān Shaykhūn”
  • Chinese: “汗謝洪”
  • Chinese: “汗谢洪”
  • Czech: “Chán Šajchún”
  • Dutch: “Khan Shaykhun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خان شيخون”
  • French: “Khan Chaïkhoune”
  • French: “Khan Cheikhoun”
  • French: “Khan Shaykhun”
  • Georgian: “ხან-შაიხუნი”
  • German: “Chan Schaichun”
  • German: “Chan Scheichun”
  • German: “Khan Schaikhun”
  • German: “Khan Sheikhoun”
  • Hausa: “Khan Shaykhun”
  • Hebrew: “ח’אן שייח’ון”
  • Hindi: “खान शायखुन”
  • Hindi: “ख़ान शेखहुन”
  • Indonesian: “Khan Shaykhun”
  • Interlingue: “Khan Shaykhun”
  • Italian: “Khan Shaykhun”
  • Japanese: “ハーン・シャイフーン”
  • Kannada: “ಖಾನ್ ಶಯ್ಖುನ್”
  • Korean: “칸샤이쿤”
  • Malay: “Khan Shaykhun”
  • Mazanderani: “خان شیخون”
  • Mingrelian: “ხან-შაიხუნი”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khan Shaykhun”
  • Persian: “خان شیخون”
  • Polish: “Chan Szajchun”
  • Portuguese: “Khan Shaykhun”
  • Russian: “Хан-Шайхун”
  • Russian: “Хан-Шейхун”
  • Spanish: “Jan Sheijun”
  • Swedish: “Khān Shaykhūn”
  • Turkish: “Han Şeyhun”
  • Ukrainian: “Хан-Шайхун”
  • Urdu: “خان شیخون”
  • Vietnamese: “Khan Shaykhun”

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