Heure Actuelle à Balad, Irak — AST.

Balad, also transliterated Beled or Belad, is a city in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of the national capital, Baghdad. It is the capital of Balad District. Located in Iraq's volatile Sunni Triangle, between the towns of Al Dhuluiya, Yathrib and Ishaqi, Balad's inhabitants are primarily farmers who work mainly on grape and date farms and as citrus growers.

Distance-wise, Balad is closest to Dubai (~1,453 km), London (~4,022 km), Singapore (~7,164 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 13,445 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Balad sits inside Irak — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).

Around Balad, the nearest mapped reference cities are Ad Dujayl (20 km), Sāmarrā’ (31 km), Khāliş (43 km), Baqubah (51 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.

Closest curated airport references from Balad: BGW Baghdad (84 km), EBL Arbil (248 km), OSM Mosul (270 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.