Al Khums Governorate
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Al Khums Governorate or Homs Governorate was one of the governorates (muhafazah)
Governorates of Libya
The governorates of Libya were a tenfold top-level administrative division of Libya from 1963 until 1983.They came into being on 27 April 1963...

 of Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

 from 1963 to 1983. Its capital was the town of Khoms.

The governorate's population was 136,679 in 1964 and had risen to 184,079 by 1972.
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