Deir Qanun
Deir Qanun دير قانون |
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Village | |
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Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Rif Dimashq Governorate |
District | Qudsaya District |
Nahiyah | Ain al-Fijah |
Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 4,213 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Area code(s) | 11 |
Deir 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] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]
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."[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (Arabic)
- ↑ Smith, 1841, p. 147.
- ↑ le Strange, 1890, p. 429.