Nowshera
Nowshera, also spelled as Noushera, is a notified area in Srinagar, in the Srinagar district of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the northern sector of the Srinagar metropolitan area and is one of the older settled localities of the city, with historical associations dating back to the medieval period and the reign of Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Also known as: “Naushera”, “Noushahar”, “Noushera”, “Nowshehra”, and “Nowshera, Srinagar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gil Sar and Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences.
Gil Sar
Lake
Photo: Demonkiller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gil Sar is a lake located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The lake is named after Moorhen which is called Gil in Kashmiri language. It is in a highly deteriorated condition due to encroachment.
Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences
Hospital
Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, often abbreviated as SKIMS, is the largest medical institute under State Legislature Act in Srinagar, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Khushal Sar
Lake
Khushal Sar is a lake located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is in a highly deteriorated condition and has been encroached upon at many places with illegal construction and landfilling.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soura and Lal Bazar.
Soura
Suburb
Soura, known as Sovur in Kashmiri, is a neighborhood in Indian-administered Srinagar in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located about 9km north of Lal Chowk, Srinagar, on the Srinagar-Ladakh Highway in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Lal Bazar
Suburb
Photo: Sarkaaaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lal Bazar is a locality in the municipal committee of Srinagar in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It comes under the Zadibal constituency of the Srinagar Legislative Assembly.
Zadibal
Suburb
Zadibal is a notified area in the municipality of Srinagar, in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Zadibal Assembly constituency is one of the 87 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
Nowshera
- Categories: human-geographic territorial entity and locality
- Location: Srinagar North, Srīnagar District, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.13° or 34° 7′ 48″ northLongitude
74.80582° or 74° 48′ 21″ eastElevation
1,595 metres (5,233 feet)Open location code
8J6P4RH4+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 13414995188OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Nowshera” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نوشهر (سري نكر)”
- Hindi: “नौशेरा, श्रीनगर”
- Kashmiri: “نَوشہر، سِریٖنَگَر”
- Kashmiri: “نوشہر”
- Urdu: “نوشہرہ، سری نگر”
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