- Baniyas
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subdivision_name1 =Tartus Governorate
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footnotes =Baniyas ( _ar. بانياس) is a city of northwestern
Syria , located at the foot of the hill of Qalcat el-Marquab, 55 km to the south ofLatakia (ancient Laodicea) and 35 km north ofTartous (ancient Tortosa), and a Catholictitular see under the Latin name of Balanea, which is presently vacant.It is famous for its orchards and its export of wood. Today it is best known for its
oil refinery . It still contains citrus fruit orchards surrounded by green hills. On one of the hills is the imposingMargat Citadel, a huge fortress of blackbasalt stone.History
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Phoenicia n times, it was an important seaport, known to the Greeks as Balemia. The city of Balanaea, its Latin name, was a colony ofAradus (Strabo, XVI, 753), and was placed byStephanus Byzantius inPhoenicia , though it belonged rather to the formerRoman province ofSyria . Its first known bishop was present at theCouncil of Nicaea in 325 (Lequien, Oriens Christ., II, 923).ources and references
*CathEncy|title=Nicolò Arrighetti|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02215a.htm
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/data/titB.htm GigaCatholic- Titular Sees]
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