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