Bisas
'Bisas is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Bisas had a population of 533 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Bisās”, “Bisās al Jadīdah”, “Bisās al Qadīmah”, “Bsas”, “Bsās”, “Bsās al Jadīdah”, and “Bsās al Qadīmah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Krak des Chevaliers.
Krak des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers located near Homs in Syria is widely recognised as the archetypal Crusader castle. Described by T.E. Lawrence as "perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world", this somewhat isolated site is located magnificently and is, indeed, extremely well-preserved.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Hawash and Al-Mizaina.
Al-Hawash
Village
Photo: Micheloo, Public domain.
Al-Hawash is a Greek Orthodox Christians town in northwestern Syria, administratively belonging to the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include al-Husn and Marmarita to the west, Shin to the east and Talkalakh to the southwest. Al-Hawash is situated 3 km north of Bisas.
Al-Mizaina
Village
Mizyeneh or Mazyanah is a small Greek Orthodox Christian village located in Western Syria close to the Lebanese borders and administratively belonging to the Homs Governorate. Al-Mizaina is situated 5 km northeast of Bisas.
Al-Mishtaya
Village
Al-Mishtaya is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs and north of the border with Lebanon. Al-Mishtaya is situated 5 km northwest of Bisas.
Bisas
- Categories: village and populated place in Syria
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bisas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بساس الجديدة”
- Arabic: “بساس القديمة”
- Arabic: “بساس”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بساس”
- Polish: “Bisas”
- Vietnamese: “Bisas”
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