Kafr Shams

Kafr Shams is a town in southern administratively belonging to the of the . It is 16 kilometers northwest of , just east of the and situated between and .
Wikipedia
  • Town with 12,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 716 metres (2,349 feet)
  • Description: city in Al-Sanamayn District, Syria
  • Also known as
    “Kafer Chams”
    “Kafr Chams”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zimrin and As-Sanamayn.
is a village in southern … is situated 7 km southwest of Kafr Shams.
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is a city in southern … is situated 9 km southeast of Kafr Shams.

Kafr Shams

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Latitude
33.11848° or 33° 7′ 7″ north
Longitude
36.1065° or 36° 6′ 23″ east
Open location code
8G5R4494+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567053271
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
168634
Wiki­data ID
Q4243751

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kafr Shams” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كفر شمس”
  • Dutch: “Kafr Shams”
  • French: “Kafr Chamse”
  • German: “Kafr Schams”
  • Hebrew: “כפר שמס”
  • Japanese: “カフル・シャムス”
  • Korean: “카프르샴스”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kafr Shams”
  • Persian: “كفر شمس”
  • Persian: “کفر شمس”
  • Polish: “Kafr Szams”
  • Russian: “Кафар-Шамс”
  • Russian: “Кафр-Шамс”
  • Ukrainian: “Кафр-Шамс”
  • Vietnamese: “Kafr Shams”

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