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HOMS , or Hums (anc. Emesa or Emessa, near the Hittite See also:

Fan-See also:cheng, Han-kow, and the Han See also:river generally, and the other Kadesh), a See also:town of See also:Syria, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Orontes, to Chow-kia-k'ow near the See also:city of Ch'en-chow Fu, at the See also:con-and See also:capital of a sanjak in the vilayet of Syria (See also:Damascus). fluence of the three See also:rivers which unite to See also:form the Sha-ho; the Pop. 30,000 (20,000 Moslem, ro,000 See also:Christian). The importance second road runs parallel with the Hwang-ho to K'ai-feng Fu; of the See also:place arises from its command of the See also:great See also:north road the third crosses the Hwang-ho at Mengching Hien, and passes from See also:Egypt, See also:Palestine and Damascus by the Orontes valley. thence in a north-easterly direction to Hwai-k'See also:ing Fu, Sew-wu Invading armies from the See also:south have often been opposed near Hien and Wei-hui Fu, at which place it joins the high road Horns, from the See also:time of See also:Rameses II., who had to fight the from See also:Peking to Fan-cheng; and the western road follows the See also:battle of Kadesh, to that of See also:Ibrahim See also:Pasha, who See also:broke the first See also:southern bank of the Hwang-ho for 250 M. to its great See also:bend See also:line of See also:Ottoman See also:defence in 1831 by his victory there. See also:Ancient at the fortified pass known as the Tung-kwan, where it joins the Emesa, in the See also:district of See also:Apamea, was a very old Syrian city, great See also:wagon road leading through Shan-si from Peking to Si-gan devoted to the See also:worship of See also:Baal, the See also:sun See also:god, of whose great Fu. Ho-nan is now traversed north to south by the Peking-See also:temple the See also:emperor See also:Heliogabalus was originally a See also:priest (A.D. See also:Hankow railway (completed 1905). The line crosses the Hwang-218). As a centre of native influences it was overawed by the ho by Yung-tse and runs See also:east of the Fu-niu Shan. See also:Branch lines Seleucid See also:foundation of Apamea; but it opposed the See also:Roman serve Ho-nan Fu and K'ai-feng Fu. advance. There See also:Aurelian crushed, in A.D.

272, the Syrian HONAVAR, or ONORE, a seaport of See also:

British See also:India, in the See also:national See also:movement led by See also:Zenobia. See also:Caracalla made it a Roman North See also:Kanara district of Bombay. Pop. (1901) 6929. It is See also:colony, and later it became the capital of a small See also:province, mentioned as a place of See also:trade as See also:early as the 16th See also:century, and See also:Phoenicia Libanesia or ad Libanunz. About 630 it was captured is associated with two interesting incidents in Anglo-See also:Indian by the Dioslem See also:leader, Khalid See also:ibn \Valid, who is buried there. See also:history. In 167o, the See also:English factors here had a See also:bull-See also:dog It now became the capital of a jund, or military district, which which unfortunately killed a sacred bull, in revenge for which under the Omayyad Caliphs extended from See also:Palmyra to the they were all murdered, to the number of eighteen persons, See also:sea. Under the See also:Arabs it was one of the largest cities in Syria, by an enraged See also:mob. In 1784 it was bravely defended for three with walls and a strong citadel, which stood on a See also:hill, occupying months by See also:Captain Torriano and a detachment of sepoys against perhaps the site of the great sun temple. The ruins of this the See also:army of Tippoo See also:Sultan. See also:castle, blown up by Ibrahim Pasha, are still the most con- HONDA, or See also:SAN BARTOLOMEO DE HONDA, a town of the spicuous feature of Horns, and contain many remains of ancient See also:department of Tolima, See also:Colombia, on the W. bank of the Magdalena buildings. Its men were noted for their courage in See also:war, and its river, 58o m, above its mouth.

In 1906 Mr F. Loraine See also:

Petre estimated the See also:population at 7000. It is about 65o ft. above sea-level and stands at the entrance to a narrow valley formed by spurs of the Central See also:Cordillera, through which a picturesque little stream, called the Guali, flows into the Magdalena. The town overlooks the rapids of the Magdalena, and is shut in closely by spurs of the Eastern and Central Cordilleras. The See also:climate is hot and See also:damp and the temperature frequently rises to *_02° F. in the shade. Honda See also:dates back to the beginning of the 17th century, and has been one of the important centres of See also:traffic in South See also:America for three See also:hundred years. Within the city there is an See also:iron See also:bridge across the Guali, and there is a See also:sus-See also:pension bridge across the Magdalena at the See also:head of the rapids. A railway 18 m. See also:long connects with the landing place of LaDorada, or See also:Las Yeguas, where the steamers of the See also:lower Magdalena See also:discharge and receive their cargoes (the old landing at Carocali nearer the rapids having been abandoned), and with Arrancaplumas, rz m. above, where See also:navigation of the upper river begins. Up to 1908 the greater See also:part of the traffic for See also:Bogota crossed the river at this point, and was carried on See also:mule-back over the old camino real, which was at best only a rough bridle-path over which transportation to Bogota (67 m. distant) was laborious and highly expensive; now the transshipment is made to smaller steamboats on the upper river for See also:carriage to Girardot, 93 M. distant, from which place a railway runs to the Bogota See also:plateau. Honda was nearly destroyed by an See also:earthquake in 18o3.

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