Homs

**Homs**
	city in western Syria
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Instance of	big city; tell; populated place in Syria;
Location	Roman Syria; Homs Subdistrict; Syria;
Inception	2000 (in Julian calendar) BC;
Significant event	Siege of Northern Homs; Siege of Homs; Siege of Emesa;
Population	775,404 (2017);
Area	48,000,000 m²;
Elevation above sea level	511 m;
Replaces	Emesa;
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	34° 44′ 00″ N, 36° 43′ 00″ E
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Satellite view of Homs, Syria, coast of Mediterranean Sea
Orontes River, Hama, Homs, Lake Homs
Souk al-Harir, one of the many roofed souks
Saint Mary Church of the Holy Belt is a historical Syriac Orthodox Church in Homs, Syria. The church is built over an underground church dating back to 50 AD. It is the seat of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Homs
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque
The interior of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri
University
Courtyard of Beit al-Agha restaurant
Qasr al-Zahrawi
a restaurant
The railway station
Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium

History

The Emesa helmet found in the necropolis of Tell Abu Sabun. Its owner was likely buried in the first half of the 1st century AD.
The Tomb of Sampsigeramus, photographed 1907; it may have been built in 78–79
Coin minted by Macrinus in Emesa
The Emesa temple to the sun god El-Gabal, with the holy stone, on the reverse of this bronze coin by Roman usurper Uranius Antoninus
Silver vase from Emesa, decorated with busts of biblical figures (end of 6th century or beginning of 7th). Louvre Museum
Mamluks chasing archers at the Homs Battle of 1281 (manuscript of La Fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient, BnF, NAF 886, folio No. 27, verso)
Mamluks being chased by archers at the Homs Battle of 1299 (same manuscript, folio No. 31, verso)
Citadel as in the 18th century
The Homs camp of the Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade (1940)
The Citadel behind a camp of the Australian Light Horse on 19 November 1918 (James McBey)
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque, an example of Ottoman architecture in Homs, was built in the early 20th century
The oil refinery of Homs, built by Czechoslovakian firm Technoexport in 1959
The Syrian civil war caused major destruction in Homs
Feb. 2012