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Bela
Balochistan, Pakistan · Asia
About Bela
Bela sits on the route: 20 minutes from Arif Wala.
Bela is in Balochistan, Pakistan, with about 20,000 people. The nearest town is Arif Wala, about 11 km away.
Bela (Balochi: بݔلہ), (Urdu: بیلہ) is a city in Lasbela District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is an ancient city surrounded by hills above the Arabian Sea, nearly 180 km (110 mi) northwest of Karachi and 500 km (310 mi) south of Quetta. During the autumn of 325 BC, the settlement was part of the AsianRead more
campaign of Alexander the Great under the name Rhambacia (Greek: Ῥαμβακία). After Alexander conquered the town, he commended the place and thought that if he built a city there it would become great and prosperous and he left Hephaestion behind to build it.
In 711 AD, it was part of Muhammad bin Qasim's campaign under the name Armabil.
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Bela is in Balochistan, Pakistan, about 11 km from Arif Wala.
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- Population
- 20,119
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Pakistan
- Region
- Balochistan
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
- Coordinates
- 26.2272, 66.3118
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- 68 kmMakran Coastal HighwayThe N-10 runs 650 km along Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast past mud volcanoes, the Princess of Hope rock spire and the alien landforms of Hingol National Park. Smooth tarmac, almost empty, and one of Asia's great undiscovered coastal drives.
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