Bara
Bara or al-Bara is one of the former "Dead Cities" in northwestern Syria. It is located in the Zawiya Mountain approximately 65 kilometres north from Hama and approx.- Town with about 10,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 690 metres (2,260 feet)
- Description: one of the former ‘Dead Cities’ in northwestern Syria
- Also known as“Al Bārah”“Al-Bara”“Bara, Syria”“Bārah”“Bâre”“El Bāra”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iblin and Balyun.
Iblin
Village
Iblin, also spelled Ibleen, is a village in the Arihah District in the Idlib Governorate in Syria. Iblin is situated 3½ km north of Bara.
Balyun
Town
Balyun is a Syrian village located in Ihsim Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib. Balyun is situated 3½ km west of Bara.
Abdita
Village
Abdita is a Syrian village located in Ihsim Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib. Abdita is situated 4 km north of Bara.
Bara
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Latitude
35.6853° or 35° 41′ 7″ north
Longitude
36.54245° or 36° 32′ 33″ east
Open location code
8G7RMGPR+4X
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Bara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “البارة”
- Arabic: “الباره”
- Arabic: “بارة”
- Armenian: “Բարա”
- Basque: “Al-Bara”
- Catalan: “Al-Bara”
- Chinese: “巴拉”
- Dutch: “Bara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الباره”
- French: “Al-Bâra”
- French: “El-Bara”
- German: “Al-Bara”
- Greek: “Αλ Μπαρά”
- Hebrew: “אל-בארה”
- Italian: “Al-Bara”
- Japanese: “アル゠バーラ”
- Korean: “알바라”
- Lithuanian: “Bara”
- Persian: “باره”
- Polish: “Al-Bara”
- Portuguese: “Al Bara”
- Portuguese: “Bara”
- Russian: “Аль-Бакра”
- Slovenian: “Al-Bara”
- Slovenian: “Bara”
- Spanish: “Al-Bara”
- Spanish: “Bara”
- Swedish: “Bara, Syrien”
- Swedish: “Bara”
- Urdu: “بارہ، شام”
- Vietnamese: “Bara, Syria”
- Vietnamese: “Bara”
- Western Armenian: “Պարա”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of Saint Stephanos and al-Bara.
Syria: Highlights
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