Al Khums Governorate or Homs GovernorateUnited States Department of State (1970) U.S. Department of State fact book of the countries of the world Crown Publishing, New York, page 404, () was one of the governorates (muhafazah) of Libya from 1963 to 1983.Metz, Helen Chapin (editor) (1988) Libya: a country study (Area handbook series) Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., pages 185, 190, ; available electronically here Its capital was the town of Khoms.Fisher, Morris (1985) Provinces and provincial capitals of the world (2nd edition) Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey, page 88, It was created out of the Tripolitania province.
The governorate's population was 136,679 in 1964 and had risen to 184,079 by 1972.United States, Department of the Army (1973) "Table 1. Distribution of the Population of Libya, by Governorates 1964 and 1972" Libya (Department of the Army pamphlet 550) Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. page 60
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