Balou
in Homs Governorate, Syria
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Bassel Al-Assad International Airport (67 mi) - Palmyra Airport (84 mi)
- Aleppo International Airport (97 mi)
- Damascus International Airport (99 mi)
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Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (105 mi) -
Hatay Airport (112 mi) - İskenderun Airport (128 mi)
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Kiryat Shmona Airport (132 mi) - Gaziantep International Airport (151 mi)
- Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (Unesco heritage, 35 mi)
- Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (Unesco heritage, 61 mi)
- Baalbek (Unesco heritage, 68 mi)
- Site of Palmyra (Unesco heritage, 81 mi)
- Byblos (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
- Anjar (Unesco heritage, 93 mi)
- Ancient City of Damascus (Unesco heritage, 96 mi)
- Ancient City of Aleppo (Unesco heritage, 100 mi)
- Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (Unesco heritage, 105 mi)
- Tyre (Unesco heritage, 144 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 34.811 and 36.880 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 34° 48' 40" and E 36° 52' 46"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - SYP
- Spoken languages:
- Arabic, Kurdish, Armenian, French, English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:05 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Asia/Damascus
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:08 am and 4:26 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -27.600 and -144.317 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Area - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 5,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning it is not safe to travel Syria.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Syria. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Touring Balou
Balou in Homs Governorate is a town located in Syria about 96 mi (or 154 km) north of Damascus, the country's capital place.
Time in Balou is now 06:05 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Asia / Damascus with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 9 airports nearby Balou, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Syria is Bassel Al-Assad International Airport in a distance of 67 mi (or 107 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Syria is Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din in a distance of 35 mi (or 56 km), West.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: `Ayn an Nasr, Tallbisah, Homs, Ar Rastan and Mukharram al Fawqani. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 68 °F
| Morning Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 41% |
| Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
19°C (67 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Few clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
18°C (65 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, few clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
18°C (64 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Videos from this area
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Syria vs mercenaries of NWO. المرتزقة ، سوريا , シリア, 傭兵
FSA mercenaries according to the instructions of the US are killing all civilians with particular cruelty, with rape, with cutting into chunks. 90% of FSA are foreign mercenaries المرتزقة...
حمص 2008
مشوار مطري من الحمرا للملعب في حمص.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Qatna
Qatna (Arabic قطنا, modern Tell el-Mishrife, Arabic المشرفة) is an archaeological site in the Wadi il-Aswad, a tributary of the Orontes, 18 km northeast of Homs, Syria. It consists in a tell occupying 1 km², which makes it one of the largest Bronze Age towns in western Syria. The tell is located at the edge of the limestone-plateau of the Syrian desert towards the fertile Homs-Bassin. The tell is named after the adjacent modern town of al-Mishirfeh.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Balou.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Balou, Badoû, Bādū, بادو
