Homs Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its geography differs in various locations in the governorate, from 40,940 km2 (15,807 sq mi)[2] to 42,223 km2 (16,302 sq mi).[3] It is geographically the largest governorate in Syria. Homs Governorate has a population of 1,763,000 as of 2010. The Homs governorate is divided into six 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 Namir Habib Makhlouf.[4]
A Homs Governorate also formed part of Ottoman Syria, when it was also known as the Sanjak of Homs.
In April 2023, Israel launched an air raid in the Governorate as one of several air attacks targeted against Iran's Revolutionary Guard troops.[5][6]
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of 2010. The Homsgovernorate is divided into six administrative districts (mantiqah), with the city of Homs as a separate district. Homs is the capital...
subdivided into 14 governorates, which are sub-divided into 65 districts, which are further divided into 284 sub-districts. Each of the governorates and districts...
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The siege of Northern Homs was a siege lasting six years, by the Syrian government in the northern part of the HomsGovernorate during the Syrian civil...
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pound Homs, 48 killed". Arab times. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012. Yacoub, Khaled (10 March 2013). "Syrian rebel fighters break through Homs siege...
T-4 Air base, is a Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) base located in the HomsGovernorate, north of Tiyas, and west of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria. The...
The following is a list of governors of HomsGovernorate, since 1921. Homs History of Homs Timeline of Homs List of governors of Damascus List of governors...
in the southwest, Homs in the north, Lebanon in the west and Jordan in the south. The capital is the city of Douma. The Governorate completely surrounds...
kilometres (25 mi) west of the city of Homs, close to the border of Lebanon, and is administratively part of the HomsGovernorate. Since 2006, the castles of Krak...
following places: Al-Huwash, HomsGovernorate, a Syrian village in HomsGovernorate Al-Hawash, Hama, a Syrian village in Hama Governorate This disambiguation page...
District, HomsGovernorate of Syria: Daminah, Hama, a village in Syria's Hama Governorate Daminah al-Gharbiyah, a village in Syria's HomsGovernorate Daminah...
following six governorates: the Aleppo Governorate, the Damascus Governorate, the HomsGovernorate, the Hama Governorate, the Latakia Governorate and the Quneitra...
divided into fourteen governorates, also called provinces or counties in English (Arabic muḥāfaẓāt, singular muḥāfaẓah). The governorates are divided into...
including the Syrian governorates of Damascus, Rif Dimashq, Homs, Hama, Latakia, and Tartus. Qutrib pointed out that these six governorates contained 46% of...
Homs District (Arabic: منطقة حمص, romanized: manṭiqat Ḥimṣ) is a district of the HomsGovernorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city...
of Homs (an artificial lake created by a Roman-era dam, also known as Qattinah lake) in the HomsGovernorate of Syria and through the city of Homs (or...
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