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حمص

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Also known as Hems, Hims, Emesa

شهری در سوریه

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Homs is a city in western Syria that serves as the capital of the Homs Governorate and sits on the Orontes River between Damascus and the Mediterranean coast. It matters as a strategically important connection point between Syria's interior regions and the Mediterranean, and it has ancient roots dating back to pre-Islamic times when it was known as Emesa.

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Settlement.official_name: Homs
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.nicknames: Mother of the black stones () ()The city of Ibn Al-Walid ()The House of Peace ()
Settlement.seal_size: 200px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria#Mediterranean east#Asia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Syria
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Homs Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Homs District
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Homs Subdistrict
Settlement.leader_title2: Mayor

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Official name: حمص
Country: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
Located in: Homs Subdistrict
Population: 775404
Area: 48000000
Elevation: 511
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Capital of: Homs Governorate
Official website: homscitycouncil.gov.sy
Image: Homs syria3.JPG
Dialing code: 031
Significant event: Siege of Emesa

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described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Commons category: Homs
native label: حمص
topic's main category: Category:Homs
twinned administrative body: Aksaray
category for people born here: Category:Births in Homs
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Homs
category of associated people: Category:People from Homs
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