Bala
Encyclopedia
Places
- Balâ, AnkaraBala, AnkaraBala is a town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 67 km south-east of the city of Ankara. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 19,426 of which 8,506 live in the urban center of Bala. The district covers an area of , and the average...
, a town and district of Ankara Province in Turkey - Bala (biblical), another name for Segor or Zoara, one of the Old Testament "Cities of the Plain"
- Bala, GwyneddBala, GwyneddBala is a market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales, and formerly an urban district of the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies at the north end of Bala Lake , 17 miles north-east of Dolgellau, with a population of 1,980...
, Wales, United Kingdom- Bala LakeBala LakeBala Lake is a large lake in Gwynedd, Wales. It was the largest natural body of water in Wales prior to the level being raised by Thomas Telford to help support the flow of the Ellesmere Canal. It is long by wide, and is subject to sudden and dangerous floods. The River Dee runs through it and...
, the largest natural lake in Wales - Bala SeriesBala SeriesIn geology, the Bala Series is a group of dark slates and sandstones with beds of limestone which occurs in the neighborhood of Bala, Gwynedd, in north Wales....
of geologic beds in Bala, Wales
- Bala Lake
- Bala, Okpho, Burma
- Bala, MehedinţiBala, MehedintiBala is a commune located in Mehedinţi County, Romania. It is composed of fifteen villages: Bala, Bala de Sus, Brateşul, Brativoeşti, Câmpu Mare, Cârşu, Comăneşti, Crainici, Dâlma, Iupca, Molani, Rudina, Runcuşoru, Sărdăneşti and Vidimireşti.-References:...
, a commune in Mehedinţi County, Romania - Bala, NepalBala, NepalBala is a Village Development Committee in Sankhuwasabha District in the Kosi Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2863 people residing in 576 individual households.-External links:*...
, a Village Development Committee in Sankhuwasabha District in northeastern Nepal - BălaBala- Places :* Balâ, Ankara, a town and district of Ankara Province in Turkey* Bala , another name for Segor or Zoara, one of the Old Testament "Cities of the Plain"* Bala, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom** Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales...
, a commune in Mureş County, Romania - Bala, OntarioBala, OntarioBala is a community located in Muskoka Lakes Township where Lake Muskoka drains into the Moon River at Bala Falls.It is considered one of the hubs of cottage country located north of Toronto. Thus, its year-round population of several hundred is increased by thousands of seasonal residents and...
, Canada - Bala Cynwyd, PennsylvaniaBala Cynwyd, PennsylvaniaBala Cynwyd is a community in Lower Merion Township which is located on the Main Line in southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia at US Route 1 . It was originally two separate towns, Bala and Cynwyd, but is commonly treated as a single community...
, a conglomerate of the suburbs Bala and Cynwyd of Philadelphia - Bal'aBal'aBal'a is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate, located approximately nine kilometers northeast of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank and three kilometers away from the highway connecting Tulkarm with Nablus....
, Palestine, a town near Tulkarm in the West Bank - Bala (South Africa), a place in the Mbizana Local MunicipalityMbizana Local MunicipalityMbizana Local Municipality is a local municipality in OR Tambo District in the Wild Coast Region of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Its name means "little casserole" or "sauce pan" in isiXhosa....
, Eastern Cape, South Africa - BalaBala (village)Bala is a village in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India....
, a village in Allahabad, India - Bala, Kabang - Yala Province, Thailand
Religion
- The Five Strengths, aka bala, the spiritual powers possessed by a Buddha or bodhisattva
- Bala (clan) - Sikh Jatt Gotra or clan.
People
- Bala (actor)Bala (actor)Bala is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He acted in several Tamil films which were unsuccessful, and later entered Malayalam film industry. He got engaged to his friend Idea Star Singer fame Amrutha Suresh in September 2009...
, a South Indian film actor - Bala (director)Bala (director)Bala is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, working in Tamil cinema. Bala is frequently credited with having "revolutionized Tamil cinema", through his realistic, dark and disturbing films that have garnered high critical acclaim...
, a South Indian film director - Bala JonesBala JonesJohn "Bala" Jones was a Wales international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Aberavon and Devonport Albion RFC and county rugby for Glamorgan and Devon...
, Wales international rugby player - Krystian BalaKrystian BalaKrystian Bala is a Polish writer, photographer, and convicted murderer. In 2007, Bala was sentenced to jail for 25 years for planning and committing the murder of Dariusz Janiszewski, a Polish small business owner, in Wrocław in 2000. For a number of years the Wrocław police had failed to solve...
, convicted Polish murderer and author - Kujtim BalaKujtim BalaKujtim Bala is a Swedish footballer of Kosovar descent, who plays as a winger for Varbergs BoIS FC.-Career:Starting his career in Veddige BK, he moved at the age of 15 to Halmstads BK in 2005...
Kosovar football player, playing for Halmstads BK
Other
- Bala sharkBala sharkThe Bala shark, Balantiocheilos melanopterus, also known as the tricolor shark, silver shark, or shark minnow, is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae, and is one of the two species in the genus Balantiocheilos...
(Balantiocheilos melanopterus), a semi-aggressive minnow from Southeast Asia, somewhat common as an aquarium fish - A common name for the flowering plant Country Mallow (Sida cordifolia), especially when used in Ayurvedic medicine
- Bala (1976 film), a documentary by Satyajit Ray about the Bharatanatyam dancer Balasaraswati
- Bala (2002 film), an Indian Tamil film starring Shaam and Meera Jasmine
- BALA, the Business And Liberal Arts program at Queens College, City University of New YorkQueens College, City University of New YorkQueens College, located in Flushing, Queens, New York City, is one of the senior colleges of the City University of New York. It is also the fifth oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning. The college's seventy seven acre campus is located in the heart of the...
- Bala (comics), a comic book character from the Devi comic book by Virgin Comics
- Bala (SEPTA station)Bala (SEPTA station)Bala is a station along the SEPTA Cynwyd Line. The station, located near the intersection of Bala Avenue and City Avenue , includes a 76-space parking lot a the northwest corner of the City Avenue bridge over the railroad tracks....
, a regional railway station in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania - BALA, Best in American Living AwardsBest in American Living awardsThe Best in American Living awards are a national residential design competition sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders- Scope :...
, sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders - Bala (New) railway stationBala (New) railway stationBala railway station was a railway station on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Wales. When it opened it replaced the first Bala station which had been sited farther away from the village on the Ruabon Barmouth Line.-Decline:...
, a disused railway station in Bala, Gwynedd, Wales