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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- 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 Serjilla and Kafr Nabl.
Serjilla
Locality
Serjilla is one of the best preserved of the Dead Cities in northwestern Syria, containing about 700 sites. It is located in the Jebel Riha, approximately 65 km north from Hama and 80 km southwest from Aleppo, very close to ruins of another "Dead City", Bara. Serjilla is situated 4 km southeast of Bara.
Kafr Nabl
Town
Kafr Nabl is a town administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate and Ma'arrat al-Numan District in northwestern Syria. It is situated 735 meters above sea level. Kafr Nabl is situated 8 km south of Bara.
Hass
Town
Hass is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Ma'arrat al-Numan District of the Idlib Governorate. The town has an altitude of 630 meters above sea level. Hass is situated 9 km southeast of Bara.
Bara
- Categories: archaeological site, village, and populated place in Syria
- Location: Idlib Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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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: “Albara”
- French: “El-Bara”
- German: “Al-Bara”
- Greek: “Αλ Μπαρά”
- Italian: “Al-Bara”
- Japanese: “アル＝バーラ”
- Lithuanian: “Bara”
- Persian: “باره، سوریه”
- Persian: “باره”
- Polish: “Al-Bara”
- Portuguese: “Al Bara”
- Portuguese: “Bara”
- 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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