Kairouan

Kairouan Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of . It is landlocked and in the centre-east of the country. It covers an area of 6,712 km2 and has a population of 600,803.
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  • Type: governorate of Tunisia with 571,000 residents
  • Description: governorate in Tunisia
  • Also known as: Kairouan Governorate”, “Qayrawān”, and “Wilāyat al Qayrawān

Kairouan

Latitude
35.5833° or 35° 35′ north
Longitude
9.8333° or 9° 50′ east
Population
571,000
Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)
Open location code
8F7FHRMM+88
Geo­Names ID
2473451
Wiki­data ID
Q276574
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Kairouan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: القيروان
  • Arabic: ولاية القيروان
  • Arabic: ولايه القيروان
  • Azerbaijani: Kayruan
  • Azerbaijani: Qeyrəvan vilayəti
  • Bashkir: Каруан
  • Belarusian: Вілает Кайруан
  • Belarusian: Кайруан
  • Belarusian: Кайрўан
  • Bulgarian: Кайруан
  • Catalan: governació de Kairuan
  • Catalan: Governació de Kairuan
  • Catalan: Governadorat de Kairuan
  • Catalan: Kairuan
  • Catalan: wilaya de Kairuan
  • Cebuano: Gouvernorat de Kairouan
  • Chinese: 凯鲁万省
  • Chinese: 凱魯萬省
  • Czech: Kajruván
  • Dutch: Kairouan
  • Egyptian Arabic: ولاية القيروان
  • French: Gouvernorat de Kairouan
  • French: Kairouan
  • German: Gouvernement Kairouan
  • German: Gouvernorat Kairouan
  • German: TN-41
  • Greek: Καϊρουάν
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο της Καϊρουάν
  • Hausa: Kairouan Governorate
  • Hebrew: קירואן
  • Indonesian: Governorat kairouan
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Kairouan
  • Irish: Kairouan
  • Italian: Governatorato di al-Qayrawan
  • Italian: governatorato di Kairouan
  • Italian: Kairouan
  • Japanese: ケルアン県
  • Korean: 카이로우안 주
  • Korean: 카이로우완 주
  • Korean: 카이루안 주
  • Korean: 카이루완 주
  • Korean: 카이르안 주
  • Korean: 카이르완주
  • Malay: Kawasan kegabenoran Kairouan
  • Maltese: Governorat ta‘ Kairouan
  • Northern Frisian: Kairouan (Guwernement)
  • Northern Frisian: Kairouan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kairouan
  • Norwegian: Kairouan
  • Persian: استان قیروان
  • Polish: Gubernatorstwo Kairouan
  • Polish: Gubernatorstwo Kairuan
  • Portuguese: Cairuão (província)
  • Portuguese: Cairuão
  • Portuguese: Kairouan (província)
  • Portuguese: Kairouan
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Kairouan
  • Russian: Каируан
  • Russian: Кайруан
  • Scots: Kairouan Governorate
  • Scots: Kairouan Govrenorate
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kairuan (vilajet)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kairuan
  • Sinhala: කයිරෝවාන් පළාත, ටියුනීසියාව
  • Spanish: Al Qayrawan
  • Spanish: Al Qayrawān
  • Spanish: Al-Qayrawan
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Cairuán
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Kairouan
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Kairouan
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Kairuan
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Kairuán
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Kairuan
  • Spanish: Kairuan
  • Spanish: Kairuán
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Kairouan
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการอัลก็อยเราะวาน
  • Turkish: Kayravan
  • Turkish: Kayrevan
  • Ukrainian: Кайруан
  • Urdu: قیروان
  • Urdu: ولایت قیروان
  • Uzbek: Qayravon viloyati
  • Welsh: Kairouan
  • Zulu: Kairouan Governorate

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