Homs

E62221

city

Homs is one of Syria’s largest and oldest cities, historically a major commercial and industrial center located in the western part of the country.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Homs canonical	28
Homs Governorate	7
Old City of Homs	3
Citadel of Homs	1
Homs Gap	1
Homs Governorate (broad regional designation)	1
Homs, Syria	1
city of Homs	1
حمص	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
administrativeStatus	capital of Homs District ⓘ
alternativeName	Emesa ⓘ
alternativeTransliteration	Ḥimṣ ⓘ
climate	hot-summer Mediterranean climate ⓘ
connectedBy	highway to Aleppo ⓘ highway to Damascus ⓘ railway network of Syria ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
experienced	heavy destruction during Syrian civil war ⓘ
experiencedEvent	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
governingCountryCapital	Damascus ⓘ
governorate	Homs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Homs Governorate
hasIndustry	fertilizer production ⓘ food processing ⓘ oil refining ⓘ textiles ⓘ
hasLandmark	Church of Saint Elian ⓘ Homs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Citadel of Homs Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque ⓘ Homs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old City of Homs
hasMinorityCommunity	Alawites ⓘ Christians ⓘ
historicalEra	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ early Islamic period ⓘ
historicalPopulationRole	third-largest city in Syria before the war ⓘ
historicalRole	major commercial center ⓘ major industrial center ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Homs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Homs Governorate
isOneOf	largest cities in Syria ⓘ oldest cities in Syria ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	western Syria ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Orontes River ⓘ
majorReligionToday	Sunni Islam ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Lebanese border ⓘ Syrian Desert ⓘ
notableFor	role in Syrian civil war ⓘ
region	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
religionHistorically	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
wasKnownAs	Emesa in Roman times ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

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

Syria → hasCity → Homs ⓘ

Abdulfattah Jandali → placeOfBirth → Homs ⓘ

Homs → isCapitalOf → Homs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homs Governorate

Homs → governorate → Homs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homs Governorate

Homs → hasLandmark → Homs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Homs

Homs → hasLandmark → Homs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Homs

Krak des Chevaliers → locatedIn → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homs Governorate

Krak des Chevaliers → overlooks → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homs Gap

Jandali → placeOfBirth → Homs ⓘ

subject surface form: Abdulfattah Jandali

Palmyrene region → hasModernAdministrativeRegion → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homs Governorate

Al-Tanf area → region → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homs Governorate (broad regional designation)

Ayyubid dynasty → notableCity → Homs ⓘ

Free Syrian Army → notableAreaOfOperation → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homs Governorate

Siege of Homs → location → Homs ⓘ

Siege of Homs → notableArea → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Homs

western Syria → hasPart → Homs ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Syria

this entity surface form: Homs Governorate

western Syria → includesCity → Homs ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Syria

Ottoman Syria → majorCity → Homs ⓘ

Khalid ibn al-Walid → deathPlace → Homs ⓘ

Khalid ibn al-Walid → burialPlace → Homs ⓘ

Orontes River → flowsThrough → Homs ⓘ

Orontes River → historicalCityOnBanks → Homs ⓘ

Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade → formedAt → Homs ⓘ

Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade → garrisonDuringFormation → Homs ⓘ

Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar → tookPlaceNear → Homs ⓘ

Battle of Emesa → modernLocation → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homs, Syria

Bilad al-Sham@ar → majorCity → Homs ⓘ

subject surface form: Bilad al-Sham

Syrian revolt of 1925–1927 → location → Homs ⓘ

Emesa → modernName → Homs ⓘ

Emesa → locatedIn → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homs Governorate

Ḥimṣ → alternativeNameOf → Homs ⓘ

Ḥimṣ → hasArabicName → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: حمص

Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque → locatedIn → Homs ⓘ

Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque → locatedInOldCity → Homs ⓘ

Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque → cityLandmarkOf → Homs ⓘ

Church of Saint Elian → locatedIn → Homs ⓘ

Church of Saint Elian → locatedNear → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Homs

Bassel Al-Assad International Airport → locatedWestOf → Homs ⓘ

Emir of Homs → placeOfActivity → Homs ⓘ

Emir of Homs → associatedWith → Homs ⓘ

Krak de l’Hospital → locatedNear → Homs ⓘ

Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn → locatedNear → Homs ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Homs

Syrian → associatedWithMajorCity → Homs ⓘ

Ottoman garrisons in Syria → locatedIn → Homs ⓘ