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Bela (Balochi: بیلہ) is an important city of Lasbela District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.[2] It is an ancient city in a historic track 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 Asian campaign of Alexander the Great under the name Rhambacia.[3] In 711 AD, it was part of Muhammad bin Qasim's campaign under the name Armabil.[4]

Bela بیلہ
City
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Coordinates: 26.2267°N 66.3113°E / 26.2267; 66.3113
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
District	Lasbela
Tehsil	Bela
Elevation	88 m (289 ft)
Population
• Estimate  (2012)	20,119 [1]
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Name

Alexander's historians mention the river name as Arabius,[5] and local people as Oreitans.[3] The Arab sources call it Armabil or Armanil. The Chachnama, in addition, uses the names Armael, Armana-Bil, Armapilla.[4] It is described as the second port city of Sind, after Debal.[6]

Demographics

Bela's population consists of Baloch, Sindhis. The population is predominantly Muslim with a small Hindu community.[2]

Significance

Bela and surrounding areas have some mineral reserves. 64 kilometres (40 mi) north of Bela are the Kundi deposits where traces of chalcopyrite, Galena, and silver are also found. Manganese ore is also found in the opholitic belt of Bela.[2] The tomb of Muhammad Bin Qasim's general, Muhammad Ibn-e-Haroon, is located in Bela.[7]

See also

• Shehr-e-Roghan - an ancient town near Bela
• Alexandria in Orietai

References

Sources

• Ashley, James R. (2004), The Macedonian Empire: The Era of Warfare Under Philip II and Alexander the Great, 359-323 B.C., McFarland, ISBN 978-0-7864-1918-0
• Elliot, Sir Henry Miers (1853), Appendix to the Arabs in Sind of the Historians of India, Vol. III, Part 1, S. Solomon & Company
• MacLean, Derryl N. (1989), Religion and Society in Arab Sind, BRILL, ISBN 90-04-08551-3

На других языках

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[de] Bela (Pakistan)

Bela ist eine Stadt in Lasbela in der Provinz Belutschistan (Pakistan).

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- [en] Bela, Pakistan

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[ru] Бела (Пакистан)

Бела (англ. Bela) — город в провинции Белуджистан, Пакистан. Расположен в округе Ласбела. Население — 17 286 чел. (на 2010 год)[1]. В древности город назывался Рхамбакия. Упоминается в осенней кампании 325 г. до. н. э. при походе в Индию Александра Македонского (Великого).

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