Homs Governorate

E1015506

administrative division governorate

Homs Governorate is a large administrative region in central Syria, centered on the city of Homs and known for its strategic location and diverse landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Homs and its environs	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ governorate ⓘ
borders	As-Suwayda Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Daraa Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Deir ez-Zor Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Hama Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Raqqa Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Rif Dimashq Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Tartus Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Homs NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Krak des Chevaliers NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Qattinah NERFINISHED ⓘ Orontes River NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ agricultural plains ⓘ mountainous areas ⓘ oil and gas fields ⓘ part of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains ⓘ part of the Syrian Desert ⓘ semi-arid steppe ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
hasCity	Al-Mukharram NERFINISHED ⓘ Al-Qusayr NERFINISHED ⓘ Al-Rastan NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ Talbiseh NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ Bedouins NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmens NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	diverse landscapes ⓘ strategic location ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Krak des Chevaliers fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmyra archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Homs NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTown	Al-Houla NERFINISHED ⓘ Qaryatayn NERFINISHED ⓘ Talkalakh NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
largestCity	Homs NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ central Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
partOf	Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
traversedBy	Damascus–Aleppo road corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ M5 highway NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rif Dimashq Governorate → borders → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Ḥimṣ → governorateCapitalOf → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Syrian Turkmen → historicallyConcentratedIn → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Ḥimṣ → isCapitalOf → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Al-Tanf border crossing → locatedIn → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque → locatedIn → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Krak de l’Hospital → locatedIn → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn → locatedIn → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi → locatedIn → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Roman theatre of Palmyra → locatedIn → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Rukban camp → locatedIn → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Ḥimṣ → locatedIn → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Church of Saint Elian → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Great Colonnade of Palmyra → locatedInRegion → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Palmyrene mountain range → nearbyGovernorate → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Temple of Bel → region → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Valley of the Tombs → region → Homs Governorate ⓘ

Emir of Homs → territoryRuled → Homs Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homs and its environs