Bisas

'Bisas is a village in northern located west of in the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Bisas had a population of 533 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.
Wikipedia
  • 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.

Photo: (Ergo), CC BY 2.0.
located near in 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.

Village
Photo: Micheloo, Public domain.
is a Greek Orthodox Christians town in northwestern , administratively belonging to the . Nearby towns include al-Husn and to the west, Shin to the east and to the southwest. is situated 3 km north of Bisas.

Village
Mizyeneh or Mazyanah is a small Greek Orthodox Christian village located in Western close to the borders and administratively belonging to the . is situated 5 km northeast of Bisas.

Village
is a village in northwestern , administratively part of the , located west of and north of the border with . is situated 5 km northwest of Bisas.

Bisas

Latitude
34.73083° or 34° 43′ 51″ north
Longitude
36.306° or 36° 18′ 22″ east
Elevation
293 metres (961 feet)
Open location code
8G6RP8J4+89
Geo­Names ID
171290
Wiki­data ID
Q26272639
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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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