Furqlus
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al-Furqlus الفرقلس Fırıklus |
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| Town | |
 al-Furqlus
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| Coordinates: 34°36′0″N 37°5′0″E / 34.60000°N 37.08333°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Homs Governorate |
| District | Homs District |
| Nahiyah | Furqlus |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 5,096 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+3) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+2) |
Furqlus (Turkish: Fırıklus,Arabic: الفرقلس, translit. al-Fūrqlūs, Furglus or Furklus) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, east of the city of Homs. Situated at the eastern approaches of the Syrian Desert, the town is located between al-Qaryatayn to the south, Sadad to the southwest, Shinshar to the west, Fatim al-Amuq and al-Sayyid to the northwest, al-Mukharram to the north and Palmyra to the east. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Furqlus had a population of 5,096 in the 2004 census.
During the Byzantine Empire era in Syria, Furqlus was known as "Betproclis" or "Betroclus," which were Greek transliterations of its original Semitic name "Beth Forklos." Its Latin name was "Proclus." The Arabicization of the latter part of the town's Greek name "proclis" was "Furqlus."
The late 5th-century Byzantine document Notitia Dignitatum listed Betroclus as one of the two sites in Syria where regular Arab army units were stationed as part of the defense of the Phoenicia province. Although they were not listed as foederati, their inclusion in the Notitia Dignitatum suggested that these units possessed distinguished merit. Mentioned as indigenae, Betroclus was the only one of the two where the unit's make-up was entirely indigenous.
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