Baniyas
Baniyas is a Mediterranean coastal city in Tartous Governorate, western Syria, located 55 km south of Latakia and 35 km north of Tartous. It is known for its citrus fruit orchards and its export of wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 41,600 residents
- Description: Syrian city
- Also known as: “Bâniâs” and “Bulunyās”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Beida.
Al-Beida
Town
Al-Bayda is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located north of Tartus. Nearby localities include Baniyas to the north, Kharibah to the east and Maten al-Sahel to the south. Al-Beida is situated 7 km south of Baniyas.
Baniyas
- Categories: city, populated place in Syria, and locality
- Location: Syrian Coast and Mountains, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.1851° or 35° 11′ 7″ northLongitude
35.9478° or 35° 56′ 52″ eastPopulation
41,600Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)United Nations Location Code
SY BANOpen location code
8G7Q5WPX+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 192296004OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Welsh—“Baniyas” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βαλαναία”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βαλανέαι”
- Arabic: “بانياس”
- Armenian: “Բանիաս”
- Asturian: “Baniyas”
- Azerbaijani: “Baniyas”
- Belarusian: “Баніяс”
- Bulgarian: “Банияс”
- Catalan: “Balanea”
- Cebuano: “Bāniyās”
- Central Kurdish: “بانیاس”
- Chinese: “巴尼亚斯”
- Chinese: “巴尼亞斯”
- Croatian: “Banijas”
- Czech: “Baníjás”
- Dutch: “Baniyas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بانياس”
- French: “Banias”
- French: “Baniyas”
- Georgian: “ბანიასი”
- German: “Baniyas”
- German: “Banjas”
- Greek: “Μπανιγιάς”
- Greek: “Μπανίγιας”
- Hebrew: “בניאס”
- Hindi: “वनियास”
- Hungarian: “Banijasz”
- Indonesian: “Baniyas”
- Italian: “Baniyas”
- Japanese: “バニヤース”
- Kabyle: “Baniyas”
- Korean: “바니야스”
- Korean: “반야스”
- Latin: “Balanaea”
- Latin: “Balanaia”
- Latin: “Balneis”
- Lithuanian: “Banijasas”
- Malay: “Baniyas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baniyas”
- Persian: “بانیاس”
- Polish: “Banijas”
- Romanian: “Baniyas”
- Russian: “Банияс”
- Scots: “Baniyas”
- Silesian: “Banijas”
- Spanish: “Baniás”
- Spanish: “Baniyas”
- Swedish: “Baniyas”
- Turkish: “Baniyas”
- Ukrainian: “Баніяс”
- Urdu: “بانیاس”
- Vietnamese: “Baniyas”
- Welsh: “Baniyas”
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