Homs District

Homs District
منطقة حمص
Map of Homs District within Homs Governorate
Map of Homs District within Homs Governorate
Coordinates (Homs): 34°43′51″N 36°42′34″E / 34.7308°N 36.7094°E / 34.7308; 36.7094
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
SeatHoms
Subdistricts10 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total7,758.92 km2 (2,995.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total945,299
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
GeocodeSY0401

Homs District (Arabic: منطقة حمص, romanizedmanṭiqat Ḥimṣ) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Homs.

The district was split in 2010, when three sub-districts were separated to form the new Taldou District. At the 2004 census, the remaining sub-districts had a total population of 945,299.[1]

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.