Deir Qanun also spelled Dayr Qanun ( ar, دير قانون) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the

Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the ...

, located northwest of Damascus in the Wadi

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. Nearby localities include

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Deir Muqaran Deir Muqaran ( ar, دير مقرن) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northwest of Damascus in Wadi Barada. Nearby localities include Ain al-Fijah, Deir Qanun, al-Dimas, Jdeidat al-Wad ...

al-Dimas Al-Dimas ( ar, الديماس), also known as Ad-Dimas, is a town in Syria, located west of the capital city of Damascus. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 14,574 in the 2004 census.Jdeidat al-Wadi Jdeidat al-Wadi or Jdeidat Wadi Barada ( ar, جديدة الوادي or جديدة وادي بردى) is a village adjacent to the town of Qudsaya and just north of the Mezzeh district of Damascus in Syria. The village is administratively part of ...

Kfeir al-Zayt Kfeir Alzeit (also spelled Kufayr al-Zayt) ( ar, كفير الزيت) 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-Fija ...

and

Basimah Basimah ( ar, بسيمة) 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 Qanun, al-Dimas Al-Dimas ( ar, ال� ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Qanun had a population of 4,213 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate.

History

Deir Qanun was visited by Syrian geographer

Yaqut al-Hamawi Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) ( ar, ياقوت الحموي الرومي) was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine Greek ancestry active during the late Abbasid period (12th-13th centuries). He is known for ...

in the early 13th-century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was a village "in the neighborhood of Damascus." In 1838 it was noted that the inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
147
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* * Populated places in Qudsaya District {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub