South Asia
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Jammu & Kashmir

Char Chinar

Char Chinar, also sometimes called Char Chinari, Ropa Lank, or Rupa Lank, is an island in , , . The island located on the Lakut Dal is known as Roph Lank and is marked with four Chinar trees growing at the corners, thus known as Char Chinari.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir
  • Also known as: “Char Chinari”, “Ropa Lank”, and “Rupa Lank”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden and Nishat Bagh.

Garden
Photo: Kevin.abraham335, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, previously Model Floriculture Center, is a tulip garden in , in the Indian union territory of . is situated 1½ km southeast of Char Chinar.

Garden
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
is a terraced Mughal garden built on the eastern bank of the , close to in the union territory of , India. It is the second-largest Mughal garden in the Valley. is situated 3 km northeast of Char Chinar.

Park
Photo: Amitraina, Public domain.
, Chashma i Shahi, or Cheshma Shahi, also called Chashma Shahi or Cheshma Shahi, is one of the Mughal gardens built in 1632 AD around a spring by Ali Mardan Khan, a governor of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as per the orders of the Emperor, as a gift for his eldest son Prince Dara Shikoh. is situated 2½ km southeast of Char Chinar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nishat and Hazratbal.

Suburb
is a town on the eastern outskirts of , the summer capital of the union capital of , . is famous for the Gardens. is situated 3 km northeast of Char Chinar.

Suburb
Photo: Owais khursheed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a notified area situated in the of . It is about 10 km from the . The area became famous after the construction of , where hundreds of thousands of people visit every year because many relics related to the Islamic prophet Muhammad are believed to be there. is situated 4 km northwest of Char Chinar.

Suburb
, sometimes referred to as Sonwar, is a residential area in the Cantonment region on the outskirts of city, in the Indian union territory of . is situated 4 km southwest of Char Chinar.

Char Chinar

Latitude
34.10318° or 34° 6′ 11″ north
Longitude
74.86667° or 74° 52′ east
Open location code
8J6P4V38+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 388768258
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Wiki­data ID
Q5073614
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In Other Languages

From Assamese to Thai—“Char Chinar” goes by many names.
  • Assamese: “চাৰ চিনাৰ”
  • Kashmiri: “چار چِنار”
  • Tamil: “நான்கு சினார் தீவு”
  • Thai: “จาร์จินาร์”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ghat No. 23 Char Chinar Ghat Directorate of Tourism and Nishat fishing spot.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Char Chinar”. Photo: RamMaram, CC BY-SA 4.0.