Umm al-Qasab ( ar, أم القصب, Umm al-Kāsāb, also spelled ''Umm al-Kasab'') is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in 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 ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Umm al-Qasab had a population of 904 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Turkmens Turkmens ( tk, , , , ; historically "the Turkmen"), sometimes referred to as Turkmen Turks ( tk, , ), are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-weste ...

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Populated places in Homs District Turkmen settlements in Homs Governorate {{HomsSY-geo-stub