Baniyas
Baniyas is a Mediterranean coastal city in Tartus Governorate, western Syria, located 55 km south of Latakia and 35 km north of Tartus. Its ancient name was Balaneais, Balanaea or Balanea but it was also called Leucas or Leucas-Claudia.
- Town with 41,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 31 metres (102 feet)
- Description: Syrian city
- Also known as“Bâniâs”“Bulunyās”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Beida.
Baniyas
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Latitude
35.1851° or 35° 11′ 7″ north
Longitude
35.9478° or 35° 56′ 52″ east
UN/LOCODE
SY BAN
Open location code
8G7Q5WPX+34
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OpenStreetMap 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: “बानियास”
- 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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