Homs

Summary

Homs is a big city^[1]. Homs draws 583 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #126 of 300).^[2]

Key Facts

• Homs is located in Homs Subdistrict^[3].
• Homs is in the country of Syria^[4].
• Homs's image is recorded as Homs syria3.JPG^[5].
• Homs's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Homs's instance of is recorded as tell^[7].
• Homs's instance of is recorded as populated place in Syria^[8].
• Homs's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kayseri^[9].
• Homs's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yazd^[10].
• Homs's twinned administrative body is recorded as Belo Horizonte^[11].
• Homs's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aksaray^[12].
• Homs's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123170844^[13].
• Homs's GND ID is recorded as 4095616-7^[14].
• Homs's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81148931^[15].
• Homs's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12118511s^[16].
• Homs's IdRef ID is recorded as 029591880^[17].
• Homs's Commons category is recorded as Homs^[18].
• Homs's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 18373200^[19].
• Homs's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[20].
• Homs's local dialing code is recorded as 031^[21].
• -2000-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Homs^[22].
• Homs's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.733333333333, 'lon': 36.716666666667}^[23].
• Homs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k9qf^[24].
• Homs's significant event is recorded as Siege of Northern Homs^[25].
• Homs's significant event is recorded as Siege of Homs^[26].
• Homs's significant event is recorded as Siege of Emesa^[27].

Body

Geography

Homs is in the country of Syria^[4]. Homs is located in Homs Subdistrict^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Homs's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+48000000'}^[28]. Homs's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+511'}^[29]. Homs's population is recorded as {'amount': '+775404'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include big city^[6], tell^[7], and populated place in Syria^[8].

History and Context

-2000-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Homs^[22].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Homs include Homs sanjak^[31], a sanjak^[32], in Ottoman Empire^[33], founded in 1517^[34].

Why It Matters

Homs draws 583 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #126 of 300).^[2] Homs has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Homs is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Homs include Homs sanjak^[31], a sanjak^[32], in Ottoman Empire^[33], founded in 1517^[34].