Homs District (Homs District)
Homs District is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Homs.
The district was split in 2010, when three sub-districts were separated to form the new Taldou District. At the 2004 census, the remaining sub-districts had a total population of 945,299.
The district of Homs is divided into ten sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004 ):
* Homs Subdistrict (ناحية حمص): population 750,501.
* Khirbet Tin Nur Subdistrict (ناحية خربة تين نور): population 52,879.
* Ayn al-Niser Subdistrict (ناحية عين النسر): population 30,267.
* Furqlus Subdistrict (ناحية الفرقلس): population 13,506.
* Al-Riqama Subdistrict (ناحية رقاما): population 20,602.
* Al-Qaryatayn Subdistrict (ناحية القريتين): population 16,795.
* Mahin Subdistrict (ناحية مهين): population 13,511.
The district was split in 2010, when three sub-districts were separated to form the new Taldou District. At the 2004 census, the remaining sub-districts had a total population of 945,299.
The district of Homs is divided into ten sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004 ):
* Homs Subdistrict (ناحية حمص): population 750,501.
* Khirbet Tin Nur Subdistrict (ناحية خربة تين نور): population 52,879.
* Ayn al-Niser Subdistrict (ناحية عين النسر): population 30,267.
* Furqlus Subdistrict (ناحية الفرقلس): population 13,506.
* Al-Riqama Subdistrict (ناحية رقاما): population 20,602.
* Al-Qaryatayn Subdistrict (ناحية القريتين): population 16,795.
* Mahin Subdistrict (ناحية مهين): population 13,511.
Map - Homs District (Homs District)
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The name "Syria" historically referred to a wider region, broadly synonymous with the Levant, and known in Arabic as al-Sham. The modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization of the 3rd millennium BC. Aleppo and the capital city Damascus are among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. In the Islamic era, Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt. The modern Syrian state was established in the mid-20th century after centuries of Ottoman rule. After a period as a French mandate (1923–1946), the newly-created state represented the largest Arab state to emerge from the formerly Ottoman-ruled Syrian provinces. It gained de jure independence as a democratic parliamentary republic on 24 October 1945 when the Republic of Syria became a founding member of the United Nations, an act which legally ended the former French mandate (although French troops did not leave the country until April 1946).
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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SYP | Syrian pound | £ or لس | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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AR | Arabic language |
HY | Armenian language |
EN | English language |
FR | French language |
KU | Kurdish language |