Deir Qanun

Deir Qanun

دير قانون
Deir Qanun دير قانون
Village
	Deir Qanun
	Coordinates: 33°36′18″N 36°8′8″E / 33.60500°N 36.13556°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq Governorate
District	Qudsaya District
Nahiyah	Ain al-Fijah
Population (2004 census)
• Total	4,213
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	11

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]

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

^ ^a ^b 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)
^ Le Strange, 1890, p. 429
^ 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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[CBS-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

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