Khan al-Shih

Khan al-Shih is a town in southern , administratively part of the , located southwest of . It also contains a refugee camp by the same name.
  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of around 800 metres (2,630 feet)
  • Description: village in Syria
  • Also known as
    “Khan al-Sheh”
    “Khan al-Sheih”
    “Khan Eshieh”
    “Mukhayyam Khān ash Shīḩ”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahr Barbar.
Locality
Pharpar is a biblical river in Syria.
5 km north of Khan al-Shih
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Latitude
33.3712° or 33° 22′ 16″ north
Longitude
36.11186° or 36° 6′ 43″ east
Open location code
8G5R94C6+FP
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Khan al-Shih” goes by many names.
خان الشيحArabic
مخيم خان الشيحArabic
খান আল-শিহBengali
Khan al-ShihDutch
خان الشيحEgyptian Arabic
Khan al-ShihNorwegian Nynorsk
خان الشیحPersian
Chan asz-SzajchPolish
Chan asz-SzihPolish
Khan al-ShihVietnamese

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