Deir Aames

Deir Aames is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Etymology

According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the convent of Amis."

History

In 1243, during the Crusader era, Deir Aames belonged to Venice.

Ottoman era

In the early 1860s, Ernest Renan noted: "'At Deir Amis there is a large basin of great stones, and a portion of wall which seems
of Crusading times. At the church there is a drawing like the stone of Aitit. As the stone of Deir Amis is certainly Christian, so must also be that of Aitit."
In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village to be inhabited by Metuali families. He further noted: "numerous ruined houses, a fragment of a column in the interior of a small mosque, cut stones scattered over the ground, cisterns cut in the rock, a tank partly built and partly rock-cut. On an ancient lintel is carved a double cross in a circle."
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it: "A village, built of stone, situated on a ridge,
with olives and arable land around, containing about 100 Metawileh; water from cisterns."

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.94% of registered voters in Deir Aames. 99.58% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.