Bale may refer to:

Packaging

Cotton bale A Cotton bale is a standard-sized and weighted pack of compressed cotton lint after ginning. The dimensions and weight may vary with different cotton-producing countries. Significance A bale has an essential role from the farm to the factory. ...

* Hay or straw bale in farming, bound by a baler * Paper bale, a unit of paper measurement equal to ten reams *

Wool bale A wool bale is a standard sized and weighted pack of classed wool compressed by the mechanical means of a wool press. This is the regulation required method of packaging for wool, to keep it uncontaminated and readily identifiable. A "bale of wool" ...

, a standard-sized and -weighted pack of classed wool

Places

Bale Zone ( Oromo: Aaana ''Baalee'') is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Bale is bordered on the south by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from Guji Zone, on the west by the West Arsi Zone, on the north by Arsi Zone, on the northeast by the S ...

in Oromia Region, Ethiopia ** Bale Mountains *

Bale Province, Ethiopia Bale (Amharic: ባሌ), also known as Bali, is the name of two former polities located in the southeastern part of modern Ethiopia. History of Bale Bale was a Muslim kingdom part of the Zaila confederate states under Sultanate of Showa however ...

, a former province * Sultanate of Bale, a former Muslim sultanate * Bale, Poland * Bale, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a village *

Bale, Croatia Bale ( it, Valle, italic=no, previously ''Valle d'Istria;'' ) is a settlement and municipality in Istria County, Croatia. The origins of the settlement lie in the Roman stronghold of Castrum Vallis, built by Caius Palcrus to protect the salt-pan ...

, a settlement and municipality *

Bale, Norfolk Bale is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gunthorpe, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is on the north side of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The village is 9 miles east ...

, England, a village *

Balé Province Balé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Boucle du Mouhoun Region with Boromo as capital. Its area is , and had a population of 297,367 in 2019. The province is known for its Deux Balé Forest, populated by savannah e ...

, Burkina Faso *

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

, Switzerland, a city whose French name is Bâle

Other uses

Bale (name) Bale is a surname. People with that name include: * Christian Bale (born 1974), English actor born in Wales * David Bale (1941–2003), South African entrepreneur * Edward Turner Bale (1810–1849), English physician * Elvin Bale (born 1945), Eng ...

, a list of people with that name *

Bale baronets The Bale Baronetcy, of Carleton Curlieu in the County of Leicester, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 3 November 1643 for John Bale of Carlton Curlieu Hall, Leicestershire, who had been High Sheriff of Leicestershire Th ...

, an extinct title in the Baronetage of England *

Bail (jewelry) A bail (also spelled "bale") is a component of certain types of jewelry, mostly necklaces, that is used to attach a pendant A pendant is a loose-hanging piece of jewellery, generally attached by a small loop to a necklace, which may be k ...

, also spelled bale, a component of certain types of jewelry, mostly necklaces * A variant breed or type of

Abyssinian horse Ethiopian horses are those breeds or types of horse found in Ethiopia, formerly known as Abyssinia. There are about 2.8 million horses in Ethiopia, more than half the total in the African continent. Ethiopia reports only the Abyssinian breed to ...

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