Khoms, Libya

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Al - Chums (Arabic الخمس, al Khums and also, especially Italian, Homs ) is a city in the Libyan Munizip al - Murgub in the northwest of the country with a population of 202,000 (estimate 2009/Zählung 1984: 38 174 ).

Al - Chums is also the capital of the Munizips and is located approximately 100 km east of the provincial capital, Tripoli, 3 km from the ancient city of Leptis Magna in the historical region of Tripolitania. The city was founded in the region in 1553 lasting until the Italian -Turkish War in 1911 during the Turkish domination in the Ottoman Empire.

From the second half of the 19th century, the export of Halfagras was important that grows in North Africa in large quantities and its fibers were used for the paper and the cable pressworkManufacture in ship rigging.

Today, major economic activities are the tuna - processing, production of soap and export of dates and olive oil. Not insignificant is also the tourism. The town is the starting point for a visit in 1982 to the Unesco World Heritage scoring ancient city of Leptis Magna. Several buildings in the city are reminders of the Turkish period. The city is connected with the main cities of the Libyan coast by road between Tripoli and Benghazi.