Deir Qanun

Deir Qanun also spelled Dayr Qanun (Arabic: دير قانون) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northwest of Damascus in the Wadi Barada. Nearby localities include Ain al-Fijah, Deir Muqaran, al-Dimas, Jdeidat al-Wadi, Kfeir al-Zayt and Basimah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Qanun had a population of 4,213 in the 2004 census.[1]

Deir Qanun
دير قانون
Village
Deir Qanun is located in Syria
Deir Qanun
Deir Qanun
Coordinates: 33°36′18″N 36°8′8″E
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictQudsaya District
NahiyahAin al-Fijah
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total4,213
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code11

History

Deir Qanun was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was a village "in the neighborhood of Damascus."[2]

In 1838 it was noted that the inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims.[3]

References
  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-09 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Le Strange, 1890, p. 429
  3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 147

Bibliography
  • Le Strange, G. (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. OCLC 1004386.
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.


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