Shinshar

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| official_name = Shinshar

| native_name = شنشار

| other_name = Shanshar

| settlement_type = Village

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| pushpin_map = Syria

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Syria

| coordinates = {{coord|34|36|0|N|36|44|0|E|region:SY|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Homs

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Al-Qusayr

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = Al-Qusayr

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| population_total = 2, 588

| population_as_of = 2017

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| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +3

| timezone_DST = EEST

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Shinshar ({{langx|ar|شنشار|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.[http://www.cbssyr.sy/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-13-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/173/mode/1up 173]