حي الشمسينة

حي الشمسينة is a neighborhood in Homs Governorate, Syria. حي الشمسينة is situated nearby to the neighborhood حي السلطانية, as well as near المساكن الغربية.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Homs station and Al Nuri Great Mosque.

Homs station

Railway station

Photo: AAlsaiad, CC BY 3.0.

Homs station is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km northeast of حي الشمسينة.

The Great Mosque of al-Nuri also called al-Nouri Mosque, is a mosque in Homs, Syria. It is situated off ash-Shouhada street, adjacent to the city's historical roofed souqs. Al Nuri Great Mosque is situated 4 km northeast of حي الشمسينة.

Citadel of Homs

Castle

Photo: Louis-François Cassas, Public domain.

The Citadel of Homs, also known as Homs Castle or Qalaat Homs, is a historic building now mostly ruined in Homs, Syria. The citadel was built on top of an ancient tell southwest of the Old City, with remains dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE. Citadel of Homs is situated 3½ km northeast of حي الشمسينة.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Homs and Fairouzeh.

Homs

Photo: Bo yaser, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Homs is the third largest city in Syria. Much of the city was destroyed or damaged during the Syrian civil war of 2011-2024, particularly during the Siege of Homs.

Fairouzeh

Town

Fairouzeh is a village 3 miles southeast of the city of Homs in Syria. Due to urban development in the area, Fairouzeh, like nearby Zaydal, is now considered one of Homs' suburbs. Fairouzeh is situated 7 km east of حي الشمسينة.

Abil

Village

Abil is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located 10 kilometers south of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Nuqayrah and Kafr Aya to the north, Maskanah to the northeast, Judaydat al-Sharqiyah to the east, Shinshar to the southeast, Damina al-Sharqiyah to the south, al-Buwaydah al-Sharqiyah to the southwest and Qattinah to the west. Abil is situated 7 km south of حي الشمسينة.

حي الشمسينة

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

34.70358° or 34° 42′ 13″ north

Longitude

36.68581° or 36° 41′ 9″ east

Open location code

8G6RPM3P+C8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6172884530

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

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