Bala

Bala may refer to:

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
  • Bala Series of geologic beds in Bala, Wales
• Bala, Kansas, an incorporated community in Riley County, Kansas in the United States
• Bala, Okpho, in Okpho Township, Burma
• Bala, Mehedinți, a commune in Mehedinţi County, Romania
• Bala, Nepal, a Village Development Committee in Sankhuwasabha District in northeastern Nepal
• Băla (Hungarian: Bala), a commune in Mureş County, Romania
• Bala, Ontario, Canada
• Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a conglomerate of the suburbs Bala and Cynwyd of Philadelphia, United States
• Bal'a, Palestine, a town near Tulkarm in the West Bank
• Bala, Russia, a rural locality (a selo) in the Sakha Republic, Russia
• Bala, Senegal
• Bala (South Africa), a place in the Mbizana Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Bala, India, a village in Allahabad, India
• Bala, Kabang, in Yala Province, Thailand

Religion

• The Five Strengths, aka bala, the spiritual powers possessed by a Buddha or bodhisattva
• Bala Tripurasundari, Hindu female goddess, represented as a small child

People

• A. Balasubramaniam, Indian sculptor, painter, printmaker, and installation artist
• Bala (actor), a South Indian film actor
• Bala (director), a South Indian film director
• Bala Jones, Wales international rugby player
• Krystian Bala, convicted Polish murderer and author
• Kujtim Bala, Kosovar football player, playing for Halmstads BK
• Comrade Bala, cult leader in the Lambeth slavery case in London

Other

• Bala shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus), a semi-aggressive minnow from Southeast Asia, somewhat common as an aquarium fish
• Bala, 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 York
• Bala (comics), a comic book character from the Devi comic book by Virgin Comics
• Bala (SEPTA station), a regional railway station in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
• BALA, Best in American Living Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders
• Bala (New) railway station, a disused railway station in Bala, Gwynedd, Wales
• Bala taxation, a system used in the Ur III dynasty of Mesopotamia