Deir Qanoun an-Naher

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, Deir Kânûn meant: the convent of the rule (canon).[3] He further noted: "Here I saw an ancient rock-cut basin, many cut-stones built up in private houses or forming the enclosure of gardens and cisterns, and, on the surface of a block lying on the ground, figures carved, to the number of five, each in a different frame.The best preserved has the head surmounted by the high Egyptian coiffure known under the name of pschent, and holds in one hand a sort of curved stick."[4] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, situated on the top of a hill, surrounded by gardens, fig-trees, olives, and arable land, containing about 250 Metawileh; water supply from springs, birket, and cisterns."[5] In 2014 Muslims made up 99.71% of registered voters in Deir Qanoun an-Naher.