Baalbek
Baalbek بَعلبَك is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in Lebanon and one of the country's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Baalbeck or 'Heliopolis' as it was known is the site of great ancient temples built by the Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations that have conquered the region and enjoyed the fertile soil of the Bekaa Valley.
- City with about 81,100 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,170 metres (3,840 feet)
- Description: city in Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon
- Also known as“Ba‘albak”“Ba‘labak”“Baalbec”“Baalbeck”“Balbec”“Héliopolis”“Mint of Heliopolis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Trilithon and Temple of Bacchus.
Temple of Bacchus
The Temple of Bacchus is part of the Baalbek archaeological site, in Beqaa Valley region of Lebanon.
Temple of Jupiter
The Temple of Jupiter is a colossal Roman temple in Baalbek, Lebanon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duris.
Baalbek
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Latitude
34.0097° or 34° 0′ 35″ north
Longitude
36.2117° or 36° 12′ 42″ east
UN/LOCODE
LB AAK
Open location code
8G6R2656+VM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Baalbek” goes by many names.
ባአልቤክAmharic
ἩλιούπολιςAncient Greek (to 1453)
بعلبكArabic
مدينة الشمسArabic
هياكل بعلبكArabic
هيليوبوليسArabic
ԲաալբեկArmenian
Բաալբեկյան տեռասArmenian
ՀելիուպոլիսArmenian
BaalbekAsturian
BəəlbəkAzerbaijani
BaalbekBasque
БаальбекBelarusian
বাআলবেকBengali
বালাবেকBengali
БаалбекBulgarian
ဘားလ်ဘက်ခ်မြို့Burmese
BaalbeckCatalan
BaalbekCatalan
Baalbek-Deir El-AhmarCatalan
BalalbakkCatalan
Heliòpolis de SíriaCatalan
BaalbekCebuano
بەعلبەکCentral Kurdish
巴勒貝克Chinese
巴勒贝克Chinese
BaalbekCroatian
BaalbekCzech
BaalbekDanish
BaalbeckDutch
BaälbekDutch
BalabakkDutch
HeliopolisDutch
بعلبكEgyptian Arabic
BaalbekEsperanto
Ba‘labakkEstonian
BaalbekEstonian
BaalbekFinnish
BalabbakFinnish
BaalbekGalician
ბაალბექიGeorgian
ΜπάαλμπεκGreek
BaalbekHausa
בעל-בקHebrew
בעלבכHebrew
הליופוליסHebrew
बाल्बेकHindi
BaalbekHungarian
BaalbekIndonesian
Ba’albakItalian
BaalbeckItalian
BaalbekItalian
BalbeckItalian
バールベックJapanese
BaalbekJavanese
BaalbekKara-Kalpak
БаалбекKazakh
БаальбекKazakh
БағлабекKazakh
БағлбекKazakh
ГелиополисKazakh
ГелиопольKazakh
ҺелиополисKazakh
БаальбекKirghiz
바알베크Korean
바알벡Korean
HeliopolisLatin
Heliopolis in PhoeniciaLatin
Heliopolis SyriacaLatin
BaalbekaLatvian
BaalbekasLithuanian
БалбекMacedonian
BaalbekMalay
ബാൽബെക്ക്Malayalam
BaalbecMaltese
BaalbekMaltese
BalbecMaltese
HeliopolisMaltese
بعلبکMazanderani
ბაალბექიMingrelian
БаалбэкMoksha
बालबेकNepali
BaalbekNorwegian
BaalbekNorwegian Bokmål
BalbekNorwegian Bokmål
BaalbekNorwegian Nynorsk
BaalbekOromo
ਬਾਲਬੇਕPanjabi
بالبیک، لبنانPersian
بعلبکPersian
Ba’labakkPolish
BaalbekPolish
بالبېکPushto
بعلبكPushto
BaalbekRomanian
БаалатRussian
БаалбекRussian
БаальбекRussian
Баальбекская верандаRussian
БальбекRussian
BaalbekScots
BaalbekSerbian
БаалбекSerbian
БалбекSerbian
بعلبكSerbian
BaalbekSerbo-Croatian
BaalbekSilesian
BaalbekSlovak
BaalbekSlovenian
BaalbekSomali
BaalbekSwahili
BaalbekSwedish
БаальбекTajik
БаълабакTajik
பால்பெக்Tamil
БаальбекTatar
Баальбек борынгы каласыTatar
ГелиополисTatar
บะอ์ละบักก์Thai
BaalbekTurkish
BalebekTurkish
بەئلەبەكUighur
БаальбекUkrainian
بعلبکUrdu
BaalbekUzbek
BaʼlabakUzbek
BaalbekVietnamese
BaalbekWaray (Philippines)
ՊաալպէքWestern Armenian
BaalbekWestern Frisian
بعلبکWestern Panjabi
巴勒贝克Wu Chinese
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