Soura
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.- 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 the largest medical institute under State Legislature Act in Srinagar, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Gil Sar
Lake
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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 and Buchpora.
Nowshera
Suburb
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.
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
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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, Srīnagar District, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia
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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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Highlights include Soura Bus Stand and Office of the Executive Engineer Water Supply Master Plan Division.
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