Deir Aames
Municipality in South Governorate
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Deir Aames (Levantine Arabic: دير عامص, romanized: Deir ʿĀmeṣ) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
Deir Aames
دير عامص | |
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Municipality | |
  Deir Aames Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°12′03″N 35°20′10″E | |
| Grid position | 181/289 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Tyre District |
| Highest elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +9617 |
Etymology
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the convent of Amis."[1]
History
In 1243, during the Crusader era, Deir Aames (called Derreme, or Dairrhamos) belonged to Venice.[2]
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."[3]
In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village to be inhabited by Metuali families.[4] 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."[5]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, situated on a ridge, with olives and arable land around, containing about 100 Metawileh; water from cisterns."[6]
Demographics
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.94% of registered voters in Deir Aames. 99.58% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[7]