Middle East
Syria
Idlib Governorate

Bara

Bara or al-Bara is one of the former "" in northwestern . It is located in the Zawiya Mountain approximately 65 kilometres north from and approx.
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  • Type: Town with 10,600 residents
  • Description: one of the former ‘Dead Cities’ in northwestern Syria
  • Also known as: “Al Bārah”, “Al-Bara”, “Bara, Syria”, “Barah”, “Bārah”, “Bâre”, and “El Bāra”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Iblin and Balyun.

Village
, also spelled Ibleen, is a village in the Arihah District in the in . It is located in the Zawiya Mountain. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 2,949 in the 2004 census. is situated 3½ km north of Bara.

Town
is a Syrian located in Ihsim Nahiyah in , . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 6,030 in the 2004 census. is situated 3½ km west of Bara.

Village
is a Syrian located in Ihsim Nahiyah in , . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 1440 in the 2004 census. is situated 4 km north of Bara.

Bara

Latitude
35.6853° or 35° 41′ 7″ north
Longitude
36.54245° or 36° 32′ 33″ east
Population
10,600
Elevation
689 metres (2,260 feet)
Open location code
8G7RMGPR+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 571192747
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
173999
Wiki­data ID
Q310049
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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 Bara”
  • French: “Al-Bara”
  • French: “Al-Bâra”
  • French: “Albara”
  • French: “El-Bara”
  • German: “al-Bara”
  • German: “Al-Bara”
  • Greek: “Αλ Μπαρά”
  • Hebrew: “אל-בארה”
  • Italian: “Al-Bara”
  • Japanese: “アル゠バーラ”
  • Japanese: “アル＝バーラ”
  • Korean: “알바라”
  • Lithuanian: “Bara”
  • Persian: “باره، سوریه”
  • Persian: “باره”
  • Polish: “Al-Bara”
  • Portuguese: “Al Bara”
  • Portuguese: “Bara”
  • Russian: “Аль-Бакра”
  • Slovenian: “Al Bara”
  • Slovenian: “Al-Bara”
  • Slovenian: “Bara”
  • Spanish: “Al-Bara”
  • Spanish: “Bara”
  • Swedish: “Bara, Syrien”
  • Swedish: “Bara”
  • Vietnamese: “Bara, Syria”
  • Vietnamese: “Bara”
  • Western Armenian: “Պարա”

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