Soura, Srinagar
Soura
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  Soura Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India  Soura Soura (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°8′1″N 74°48′6″E / 34.13361°N 74.80167°E | |
| Country |  India |
| Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Srinagar district |
| Settled | Ancient |
| Elevation | 1,592 m (5,223 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu, Kashmiri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 190011 |
| Telephone code | 0194 |
| Vehicle registration | JK |
| Distance from Delhi | 858.9 kilometres (533.7 mi) |
| Distance from Mumbai | 2,206.7 kilometres (1,371.2 mi) |
Soura is a notified area of Srinagar located about 11.1 km north of Lal Chowk on Srinagar-Ladakh Highway in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[1] Soura is famous for Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, a multi-speciality hospital. Besides serving as a Hospital, it is the prestigious medical college of Kashmir valley. Soura is located near Anchar Lake. The whole western side of the area is covered by Anchar Lake.[2][3] It also hosts a famous Muslim shrine known as Aasaar Sharief Jinaab Saahib which holds more than 13 holy relics.[citation needed]
Education
The area is considered as one of the key education centres in the city. The following is the list of colleges and schools in the area:
- Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences. The college provides course in MBBS. It has 100 seats which are filled by J&K state board for entrance examination by selecting the candidates which qualify Common Entrance Test.[4]
- Government Boys Higher Secondary.
- Government Girls Higher Secondary.
- S M dedicated high school.
- Standard Public High School.
- Ramzan Memorial Educational Institute.
- Zulfkar Public High School.
- Mother Land public school.
- Iqbal Public School.
- Darul Iqra Public School.
- Metro Educational Institute.
- Mahad Al-Lugat-ul Arabia.
Besides these there are several primary and middle schools in Soura.
See also
References
- ^ "With a Heavy Hand, India Rides Out Kashmir's Year of Disquiet".
- ^ "Floods in Kashmir, Army called out". The Times of India. 4 September 2006.
- ^ http://wikimapia.org/11370559/Soura-Medical-College
- ^ Handbook of Jammu and Kashmir State Board for entrance examination/Medical Colleges.
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