Baniyas District

Baniyas District is a district of the in northwestern . Administrative centre is the city of . At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 174,233.
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  • Type: district of Syria
  • Description: district in Tartus, Syria
  • Also known as: Banias”, “Baniass”, “Minţaqat Bāniyās”, and “Qaḑā’ Bāniyās

Baniyas District

Latitude
35.137° or 35° 8′ 13″ north
Longitude
36.0786° or 36° 4′ 43″ east
Elevation
623 metres (2,044 feet)
Open location code
8G7R43PH+QF
Geo­Names ID
171829
Wiki­data ID
Q4120504
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Baniyas District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بانياس
  • Arabic: منطقة بانياس
  • Armenian: Բանիասի գավառ
  • Azerbaijani: Baniyas rayonu
  • Cebuano: Baniyas District
  • Chinese: Baniyas Koān
  • Chinese: 巴尼亞斯區
  • Estonian: Bāniyāsi ringkond
  • Georgian: ბანიასის მინტაკა
  • Japanese: バニヤース郡
  • Min Nan Chinese: Baniyas Koān
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Baniyas-distriktet
  • Persian: منطقة بانياس
  • Persian: منطقه بانیاس
  • Polish: Banijas
  • Romanian: Districtul Baniyas
  • Russian: Банияс
  • Russian: Мантык Банияс
  • Scots: Baniyas Destrict
  • Swedish: Baniyas District
  • Ukrainian: Баніяс (район)
  • Ukrainian: Баніяс
  • Urdu: بانیاس ضلع
  • Uzbek: Baniyas tumani
  • Vietnamese: Baniyas (huyện)
  • Vietnamese: Baniyas

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