Homs

Homs, already known as Emesa is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is 501 meters 1,644 ft above ocean level and is found 162 kilometers 101 mi north of Damascus. Situated on the Orontes River, Homs is additionally the focal connection between the inside urban areas and the Mediterranean drift. Prior to the Syrian common war, Homs was a noteworthy modern focus, and with a populace of no less than 652,609 individuals in 2004, it was the third biggest city in Syria after Aleppo toward the north and the capital Damascus toward the south.

Its populace mirrors Syria's general religious assorted iety, made out of Sunni and Alawite and Christian. There are ious noteworthy mosques and houses of worship in the city, and it is near the Krak des Chevaliers manor, a world legacy site. It later turned into the capital of a kingdom administered by the Emesani tradition who gave the city its name. Initially a focal point of love for the sun god El-Gabal, it later picked up significance in Christianity under the Byzantines.

Homs was vanquished by the Muslims in the seventh century and made capital of an area that drags its present name. All through the Islamic time, Muslim traditions fighting for control of Syria looked for after Homs because of the city's vital position in the region. Homs started to decay under the Ottomans and just in the nineteenth century did the city recapture its monetary significance when its cotton industry blasted.