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Shinshar شنشار Shanshar |
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| Village | |
| Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°36′0″N 36°44′0″E / 34.60000°N 36.73333°E | |
| Country |
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| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Al-Qusayr |
| Subdistrict | Al-Qusayr |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 2, 588 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+3) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+2) |
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. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.