Soura
Soura, also known in Kashmiri as Sovur, is a neighbourhood in Srinagar Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.Photo: Owais Khursheed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Owais Khursheed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir
- Also known as: “Soura, Srinagar” and “Sovur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences and Gil Sar.
Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences
Hospital
Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, often abbreviated as SKIMS, is a government medical institute and tertiary-care teaching hospital located at Soura in Srinagar, in the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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.
University of Kashmir
University
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University of Kashmir, informally known as Kashmir University, is a public state university located in the Hazratbal neighbourhood, on the western side of Dal Lake in the city of Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, which was established in 1948. University of Kashmir is situated 3 km east of Soura.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nowshera, Srinagar and Buchpora.
Nowshera, Srinagar
Suburb
Nowshera, also spelled as Noushera, Nowshehra, or Naushahr, is a notified area in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Located north of Srinagar's old city, it was established during the reign of Sultan Zayn al-Abidin and served as the capital of Kashmir Sultanate during part of his reign.
Buchpora
Suburb
Buchpora is a town on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated on Srinagar-Leh Highway on the eastern side of Anchar Lake. The postal code of the area is 190020.
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.
Soura
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Srinagar North, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.13783° or 34° 8′ 16″ northLongitude
74.80211° or 74° 48′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8J6P4RQ2+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 7058560221OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q7565088
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tatar—“Soura” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صاور”
- Arabic: “صَاوُر”
- Arabic: “صَوْرَة”
- Asturian: “Soura”
- Catalan: “Soura”
- Dutch: “Soura”
- Hindi: “सौरा, श्रीनगर”
- Kashmiri: “سورا”
- Kashmiri: “سۆوُر”
- Kashmiri: “صۆوُر، سِریٖنَگَر”
- Russian: “Сура”
- Tamil: “சௌரா, சிறீநகர்”
- Tatar: “Саура”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Soura Bus Stand and Office of the Executive Engineer Water Supply Master Plan Division.
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