Place:Baniyas, Golan, Syria

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NameBaniyas
Alt namesBanyassource: GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
Bāniyāssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Caeasarea Philippsource: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Caesarea Paneas Antilibanisource: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Caesarea Philippisource: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 670
Cæsarea Philippisource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-28
Neroniassource: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 670
Paneassource: GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 3584; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 670
TypeCity
Coordinates33.233°N 35.7°E
Located inGolan, Syria
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Baniyas is a city in Tartous Governorate, northwestern Syria, located south of Latakia (ancient Laodicea) and north of Tartous (ancient Tortosa).

It is known for its citrus fruit orchards and its export of wood. North of the city is an oil refinery, one of the largest in Syria, and a power station. The oil refinery is connected with Iraq with Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline (now defunct).

On a nearby hill stands the Crusader castle of Margat (Qalaat el-Marqab), a huge Knights Hospitaller fortress built with black basalt stone.

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