Shinshar

Shinshar (Arabic: شنشار, romanized: Shinshār, 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. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

Shinshar
شنشار
Shanshar
Village
Shinshar
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°36′0″N 36°44′0″E
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictAl-Qusayr
SubdistrictAl-Qusayr
Population
 (2017)
  Total2 588
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)
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