Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص /
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: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen
governorates
A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is often used in translation from ...
(provinces) of
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. 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
Minṭaqah ( ; plural ''manāṭiq'' ) is a first-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia and Chad and for a second-level administrative division in several other Arab countries. It is often translated as ''region'' or ''district'', but th ...
''), with the city of Homs as a separate district.
Homs is the
capital city
A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, Department (country subdivision), department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city ...
of the
district of Homs. Its governor is Namir Habib Makhlouf.
A Homs Governorate also formed part of
Ottoman Syria, when it was also known as the Sanjak of Homs.
Districts
The governorate is divided into seven
districts (
manatiq
Minṭaqah ( ; plural ''manāṭiq'' ) is a first-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia and Chad and for a second-level administrative division in several other Arab countries. It is often translated as ''region'' or ''district'', but th ...
). The districts are further divided into 25 sub-districts (
nawahi):
*
Homs District
Homs District ( ar-at, منطقة حمص, manṭiqat Ḥimṣ) 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 for ...
(10 sub-districts)
**
Homs Subdistrict
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Khirbet Tin Nur Subdistrict
**
Ayn al-Niser Subdistrict
**
Furqlus Subdistrict
**
Al-Riqama Subdistrict
**
Al-Qaryatayn Subdistrict
**
Mahin Subdistrict
**
Hisyah Subdistrict
**
Sadad Subdistrict
**
Shin Subdistrict
*
Al-Mukharram District
Al-Mukharram District ( ar-at, منطقة المخرم, manṭiqat al-Mukharram) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre is the city of al-Mukharram
Al-Mukharram ( ar, المخرم), also known as Mukharr ...
(2 sub-districts)
**
al-Mukharram Subdistrict
**
Jubb al-Jarrah Subdistrict
*
Al-Rastan District
Ar-Rastan District ( ar-at, منطقة الرستن, manṭiqat ar-Rastan) is a district of the Homs Governorate
Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinc ...
(2 sub-districts)
**
ar-Rastan Subdistrict
**
Talbiseh Subdistrict
*
Al-Qusayr District
Al-Qusayr District ( ar-at, منطقة القصير, manṭiqat al-Qusair) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Al-Qusayr. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 107,470 ...
(2 sub-districts)
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Al-Qusayr Subdistrict
**
Al-Hoz Subdistrict
*
Tadmur District (2 sub-districts)
**
Tadmur Subdistrict
**
Al-Sukhnah Subdistrct
*
Taldou District
Taldou District ( ar-at, منطقة تلدو, manṭiqat Taldou) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre is the town of Taldou. The Northwestern Quadrant of the District is within Wadi al-Nasara
Wadi al ...
(3 sub-districts)
*
**
Taldou Subdistrict
**
Kafr Laha Subdistrict
**
Al-Qabu Subdistrict
*
Talkalakh District
Talkalakh District ( ar-at, منطقة تلكلخ, manṭiqat Talkalaḫ) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a cou ...
(4 sub-districts)
**
Talkalakh Subdistrict
**
Hadidah Subdistrict
**
Al-Nasirah Subdistrict
**
Al-Hawash Subdistrict
* - a newly-created district since 2010, formerly belonging to Homs District
Demographics
The
Al-Mukharram District
Al-Mukharram District ( ar-at, منطقة المخرم, manṭiqat al-Mukharram) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre is the city of al-Mukharram
Al-Mukharram ( ar, المخرم), also known as Mukharr ...
is predominantly inhabited by
Alawites
The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isl ...
. The Taldou, Talkalakh, Homs and Al-Qusayr districts have a mixed Alawite, Sunni Muslim and
Christian
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population. The
Al-Qusayr District
Al-Qusayr District ( ar-at, منطقة القصير, manṭiqat al-Qusair) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Al-Qusayr. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 107,470 ...
is also home to a large number of
Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mo ...
Muslims.
See also
*
Homs offensive (November–December 2015)
References
External links
ehomsThe First Complete website for Homs news and services
Governorates of Syria
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