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Homs Governorate

Homs Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates of . It is situated in central Syria. Its geography differs in various locations in the governorate, from 40,940 km2 to 42,223 km2.
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  • Type: State with 1,800,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Syria
  • Also known as: “Hims Governorate”, “Homs”, “Homs, Syria”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩimş”

Homs Governorate

Latitude
34.4668° or 34° 28′ 0″ north
Longitude
38.0623° or 38° 3′ 44″ east
Population
1,800,000
Elevation
380 metres (1,247 feet)
Open location code
8G6WF386+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13296425920
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
169575
Wiki­data ID
Q214094
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Homs Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Ḩimş”
  • Arabic: “حمص”
  • Arabic: “محافظة حمص”
  • Arabic: “محافظه حمص”
  • Armenian: “Հոմսի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación d’Homs”
  • Asturian: “Homs (Siria)”
  • Asturian: “Homs”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hims mühafazası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Homs əyaləti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Homs mühafazası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hüms mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Hims eskualdea”
  • Basque: “Homs eskualdea”
  • Bavarian: “Gouvernement Homs”
  • Belarusian: “Хомс”
  • Bengali: “হিমস গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Хомс”
  • Catalan: “governació d’Homs”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Homs”
  • Cebuano: “Homs Governorate”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای حومس”
  • Central Kurdish: “حومس”
  • Chinese: “Homs Séng”
  • Chinese: “荷姆斯省”
  • Chinese: “霍姆斯省”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Homs”
  • Croatian: “Homs (pokrajina)”
  • Croatian: “Homs”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Homs”
  • Czech: “Homs”
  • Czech: “Homský guvernorát”
  • Danish: “Homs”
  • Dutch: “Homs”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة حمص”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Homs”
  • Estonian: “Homsi provints”
  • Finnish: “Homsin maakunta”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Homs”
  • French: “Homs”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de Homs”
  • Georgian: “ჰომსის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement Homs”
  • German: “Homs”
  • German: “SY-HI”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Χομς”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Χομς”
  • Gujarati: “હોમ્સ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “חומס”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז חומס”
  • Hindi: “होम्स गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “होम्स प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Homsz kormányzóság”
  • Icelandic: “Homshérað”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Homs”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Homs”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Homs”
  • Japanese: “ヒムシュ県”
  • Japanese: “ホムス県”
  • Kannada: “ಹಾಮ್ಸ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “홈스주”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Humsê”
  • Latvian: “Himsas munāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Homso gubernija”
  • Lithuanian: “Homso muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Homs”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Homs”
  • Marathi: “होम्स गोव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “حمص”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Homs Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Homs (Guwernement)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Homs”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Homs”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Homs guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Homs”
  • Persian: “استان حمص”
  • Persian: “حمص”
  • Polish: “Hims”
  • Portuguese: “Homs”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Homs”
  • Russian: “Мухафаза Хомс”
  • Russian: “Хомс о́бласть”
  • Russian: “Хомс”
  • Scots: “Homs Govrenorate”
  • Serbian: “Хомс (покрајина)”
  • Serbian: “Хомс”
  • Sinhala: “හෝම්ස් පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Homs”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Homs”
  • South Azerbaijani: “حمص اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Homs”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Homs”
  • Spanish: “Homs”
  • Swedish: “Homs”
  • Tajik: “vilojati Hims”
  • Tajik: “вилояти Ҳимс”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ҳимс”
  • Tajik: “вилояти Ҳумс”
  • Tajik: “устони Ҳумс”
  • Tamil: “ஹோம்ஸ் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “ஹோம்ஸ் கவர்னரேட்”
  • Telugu: “హామ్స్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการฮอมส์”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการฮิมศ์”
  • Turkish: “Hıms”
  • Turkish: “Humus (il)”
  • Turkish: “Humus İli”
  • Turkish: “Humus Valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Humus”
  • Ukrainian: “Хомс”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ حمص”
  • Vietnamese: “Homs”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Homs”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ حمص”
  • Wu Chinese: “霍姆斯省”
  • Yue Chinese: “荷姆斯 (省)”
  • Yue Chinese: “荷姆斯”

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