Homs District ( ar-at, منطقة حمص,
manṭiqat Ḥimṣ) is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of the
Homs Governorate
Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / 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 geographic ...
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
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 ...
. At the 2004 census, the remaining sub-districts had a total population of 945,299.
Sub-districts
The district of Homs is divided into ten sub-districts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
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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.
*
Hisyah Subdistrict (ناحية حسياء): population 15,195.
*
Sadad Subdistrict (ناحية صدد): population 4,092.
*
Shin Subdistrict (ناحية شين): population 27,951.
References
Districts of Homs Governorate
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