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Homs District

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Country
  
Syria

Seat
  
Homs

Geocode
  
SY0401

Governorate
  
Homs

Subdistricts
  
10 nawāḥī

Area
  
7,759 km²

Homs District

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Homs District (Arabic: منطقة حمص‎, manṭiqat Ḥimṣ‎) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Homs.

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Map of Homs, Syria

The district was split in 2010, when three sub-districts were separated to form the new Taldou District. 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):

  • Homs Nahiyah (ناحية حمص): population 750,501.
  • Khirbet Tin Nur Nahiyah (ناحية خربة تين نور): population 52,879.
  • Ayn al-Niser Nahiyah (ناحية عين النسر): population 30,267.
  • Furqlus Nahiyah (ناحية الفرقلس): population 13,506.
  • Al-Riqama Nahiyah (ناحية رقاما): population 20,602.
  • Al-Qaryatayn Nahiyah (ناحية القريتين): population 16,795.
  • Mahin Nahiyah (ناحية مهين): population 13,511.
  • Hisyah Nahiyah (ناحية حسياء): population 15,195.
  • Sadad Nahiyah (ناحية صدد): population 4,092.
  • Shin Nahiyah (ناحية شين): population 27,951.

    • References

    Homs District Wikipedia
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