Shinshar

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Shinshar
شنشار
Shanshar
Village
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictAl-Qusayr
SubdistrictAl-Qusayr
Population
 (2004)
 • Total3,118
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Shinshar (Arabic: شنشار, also spelled Shanshar) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located between Homs to the north, al-Qusayr to the southwest and Shamsin to the south. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shinshar had a population of 3,118 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

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Bibliography

  • Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.