Deir Qanun

Deir Qanun also spelled Dayr Qanun 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.

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."
In 1838, Eli Smith noted that Deir Qanun‘s population was Sunni Muslim.
Famous Figures
, former secretary of the Baath Arab Socialist Party in Damascus Countryside Branch and a former member of the BASP’s Central Committee.