The land of agriculture and beautiful nature
Medicinal plants and trading centre of the Ottoman Empire
People settled here some 300 years ago. The people of Deir Samit say the name of the village comes from an ancient monastery, in Arabic "Deir" that was in the village, where there was a monk called Samid. Hence the name Deir Sami, which later became “Deir Samit” as it is known today. The population may have come from the Arabian Peninsula. There are several religious and archaeological sites in the village, including seven old mosques: Al-Qadim Sajid, Mohammad ‘Uqba bin Naf’i, the Companions Mosque, Al-Imam Al-Bakri Mosque, and Ali bin Abi Taleb Mosque.
There is also a rural area called Wad Al-Joora, where farming takes place. A wide variety of herbs and medicinal plants are cultivated in the village of Deir Samit, such as sage (in Arabic "Mariamiya"), thyme, (in Arabic “Zaatar”) and mint (in Ararbic "Na’na’").
Wadi Al-Joora was the road connecting Dura with its countryside and the trade route from Hebron to Dura and down to Gaza, which served as a main road linking Hebron and Dura to Gaza until the end of the Ottoman Empire.