Place:Ḥimṣ, Syria

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NameḤimṣ
Alt namesHomssource: wikipedia
Ḥimṣ governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Ḩimşsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 628
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates34.733°N 36.717°E
Located inSyria
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Qal'at Si'mān
General region
Ṭaraq al-Hbâri
Inhabited place
Al Arak
Al Qaryatayn
Al Quṣayr
Al-Mashrafah
Ar-Rastān
As Sukhnah
Furqlus
Ghunthur
Homs
Jubb al-Jarrāḥ
Marmarītā
Mukharram al-Fawqānī
Palmyra
Qudaym
Shinshār
Tall Bīsah
Tall Kalakh
Tiyās
Ḥisyah
Ṣadad
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Homs Governorate ( / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographically the largest governorate of Syria. Homs Governorate has a population of 1,763,000 (2010 estimate). The Homs governorate is divided into 6 administrative districts (mantiqah), with the city of Homs as a separate district. Homs is the capital city of the district of Homs. Its governor is Talal al-Barazi.

A Homs Governorate also formed part of Ottoman Syria, when it was also known as the Sanjak of Homs. Ḥimṣ is a governorate.

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