Homs
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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.
Aliases (5)
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
→
surface form: "Homs Governorate"
|
| hasIndustry |
fertilizer production
→
food processing → oil refining → textiles → |
| hasLandmark |
Church of Saint Elian
→
Homs →
surface form: "Citadel of Homs"
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque → Homs →
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
→
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 (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Homs Governorate"
this entity surface form: "Old City of Homs"
this entity surface form: "Citadel of Homs"
this entity surface form: "Homs Governorate"
this entity surface form: "Homs Governorate"
this entity surface form: "Homs Governorate"
this entity surface form: "Homs Gap"
subject surface form: "Abdulfattah Jandali"
this entity surface form: "Homs Governorate (broad regional designation)"