Deir Qanun

Deir Qanun
دير قانون
Village
Deir Qanun is located in Syria
Deir Qanun
Deir Qanun
Location within Syria
Coordinates: 33°36′18″N 36°8′8″E / 33.60500°N 36.13556°E / 33.60500; 36.13556
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
DistrictQudsaya District
NahiyahAin al-Fijah
Population
 (2004 census)
 • Total
4,213
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code11

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

Ahmad Humam Haidar, former secretary of the Baath Arab Socialist Party (BASP) in Damascus Countryside Branch and a former member of the BASP’s Central Committee.

References

  1. 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Deprecated link 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

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