Deir Qanun
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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.
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."
In 1838, Eli Smith noted that Deir Qanun‘s population was Sunni Muslim.
Famous Figures
, former secretary of the Baath Arab Socialist Party (BASP) in Damascus Countryside Branch and a former member of the BASP’s Central Committee.
Bibliography
- Le Strange, G. (1890). . London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. OCLC .
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). . Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.