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

Homs District منطقة حمص
District
Map of Homs District within Homs Governorate
Coordinates (Homs): 34°43′51″N 36°42′34″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
Seat	Homs
Subdistricts	10 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	7,758.92 km2 (2,995.74 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	945,299
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Geocode	SY0401

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]

Sub-districts

The district of Homs is divided into ten sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

• Homs Subdistrict (ناحية حمص): population 750,501.[2]
• Khirbet Tin Nur Subdistrict (ناحية خربة تين نور): population 52,879.[3]
• Ayn al-Niser Subdistrict (ناحية عين النسر): population 30,267.[4]
• Furqlus Subdistrict (ناحية الفرقلس): population 13,506.[5]
• Al-Riqama Subdistrict (ناحية رقاما): population 20,602.[6]
• Al-Qaryatayn Subdistrict (ناحية القريتين): population 16,795.[7]
• Mahin Subdistrict (ناحية مهين): population 13,511.[8]
• Hisyah Subdistrict (ناحية حسياء): population 15,195.[9]
• Sadad Subdistrict (ناحية صدد): population 4,092.[10]
• Shin Subdistrict (ناحية شين): population 27,951.[11]

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