Name | Baniyas |
Alt names | Banyas | source: GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) | | Bāniyās | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Caeasarea Philipp | source: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995) | | Caesarea Paneas Antilibani | source: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995) | | Caesarea Philippi | source: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 670 | | Cæsarea Philippi | source: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-28 | | Neronias | source: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 670 | | Paneas | source: GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 3584; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 670 |
Type | City |
Coordinates | 33.233°N 35.7°E |
Located in | Golan, Syria |
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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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