Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (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''), with the city of Homs as a separate district.

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is the

capital city A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses t ...

of the district of Homs. Its governor is Namir Habib Makhlouf. A Homs Governorate also formed part of

Ottoman Syria Ottoman Syria ( ar, سوريا العثمانية) refers to divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the region of Syria, usually defined as being east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and sout ...

, when it was also known as the Sanjak of Homs.

Districts

The governorate is divided into seven

districts 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 counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

(

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 the ...

). 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 ** 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 in central Syria. The administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or ...

(2 sub-districts) ** ar-Rastan Subdistrict ** Talbiseh Subdistrict * Al-Qusayr District (2 sub-districts) ** Al-Qusayr Subdistrict ** Al-Hoz Subdistrict *

Tadmur District Tadmur District ( ar-at, منطقة تدمر, mantiqah, manṭiqat Tadmur) is a Districts of Syria, district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Tadmur, near ancient Palmyra/Tadmor. At the 2004 census, th ...

(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 (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

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 I ...

. The Taldou, Talkalakh, Homs and Al-Qusayr districts have a mixed Alawite, Sunni Muslim and

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι� ...

population. The Al-Qusayr District 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, mos ...

Muslims.

References

External links

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Demographics

See also

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