Al Khums Governorate or Homs Governorate ( ar, الخمس محافظة) was one of the governorates (muhafazah) of

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

from 1963 to 1983. Its capital was the town of Khoms. It was created out of the Tripolitania province. The governorate's population was 136,679 in 1964 and had risen to 184,079 by 1972.United States, Department of the Army (1973) "Table 1. Distribution of the Population of Libya, by Governorates 1964 and 1972" ''Libya'' (Department of the Army pamphlet 550) Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C
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