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Baniyas

Western Asia

Baniyas is a Mediterranean coastal city in Tartus Governorate in western Syria, located 55 kilometers south of Latakia and 35 kilometers north of Tartus. Its ancient name was Balaneae, also rendered Balanaea or Balaneais, and it was known in antiquity as Leucas or Leucas-Claudia.

Facts
Population
43,151 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 4
Sources
1. Baniyas (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 43,151 (2009)
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2. Baniyas (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    25
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 35.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 35.75
35.25 35.75 Csa
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4. GeoNames: Bāniyās - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 171830, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 171830, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
35.18188 35.94871 P PPLA2 SY 14 39066 31 Asia/Damascus
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