Al Bayyāḑ

Al Bayyāḑ is an archaeological site in Tartus Governorate, Syria. Al Bayyāḑ is situated nearby to the village Arwad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arwad and Tartous.

Arwad

Village

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Arwad, the classical Aradus, is a town in Syria on an eponymous island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative center of the Arwad Subdistrict, of which it is the only locality. Arwad is situated 5 km west of Al Bayyāḑ.

Tartous

Photo: Ahmadac, Public domain.

Tartus, an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, is the second largest port in Syria after Latakia and had a population of 115,769 in the 2004 census before the civil war.

Al Bayyāḑ

Type: Archaeological site
Also known as: “Al Bayyad”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Tartus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

34.84537° or 34° 50′ 43″ north

Longitude

35.91536° or 35° 54′ 55″ east

Elevation

43 metres (141 feet)

Open location code

8G6QRWW8+44

GeoNames ID

7526653

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In Other Languages

“Al Bayyāḑ” goes by many names.

Arabic: “البياض”

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