Kairouan
Kairouan, sometimes spelled Kairwan, Kayrawan or Al Qayrawan, is a city in Tunisia. It's a holy city in Islam, ranking fourth after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem as a place of pilgrimage.
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- City with about 187,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (220 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code QKN
- Description: Tunisian town
- Also known as“Al Qayrawān”“Al-Kayrawān”“Kairwan”“Kirwan”“Qairouan”“Qairwan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mosque of the Three Doors and Carpet Museum.
Mosque of the Three Doors
The Mosque of the Three Doors or Mosque of Muhammad…
Al Bey Mosque
The Al Bey Mosque is a mosque located in the medina of Kairouan, Tunisia.
Kairouan
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Latitude
35.671° or 35° 40′ 16″ north
Longitude
10.1006° or 10° 6′ 2″ east
OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Kairouan” goes by many names.
ካይሮዋንAmharic
القيروانArabic
القيرونArabic
قيروانArabic
مدينة القيروانArabic
KairouanAragonese
ԿայրուանArmenian
KairuánAsturian
Əl-QeyrəvanAzerbaijani
QayravanAzerbaijani
QeyrəvanAzerbaijani
ҠайраүәнBashkir
KairuanBasque
КайруанBelarusian
Кайрўан (горад)Belarusian
Кайрўан (места)Belarusian
Кайрўан (Туніс)Belarusian
কায়রোয়ানBengali
কৈরবানBengali
KairuanBosnian
КайруанBulgarian
Al-QayrawanCatalan
KairouanCatalan
KairuanCatalan
KayrawanCatalan
QayrawanCatalan
KairouanCebuano
KäyräwanCebuano
凯鲁万Chinese
凱魯萬Chinese
KairouanCroatian
KairuanCroatian
KairouanCzech
KairuánCzech
KajruvánCzech
KairouanDagbani
KairouanDanish
KairouanDutch
القيروانEgyptian Arabic
KairuanoEsperanto
KajruanoEsperanto
Al-QayrawānEstonian
KairouanEstonian
Al QayrawanFinnish
Al-QairawânFinnish
KairouanFinnish
KairuanFinnish
KairouanGalician
KairuanGalician
QairawanGalician
კაირუანიGeorgian
Αλ ΚαϊραουάνGreek
ΚαϊραουάνGreek
ΚαϊρουάνGreek
કૈરૌનGujarati
KairouanHausa
קירואןHebrew
क़ैरवानHindi
कैरौनHindi
KairuánHungarian
KajravánHungarian
Al-QairawanIndonesian
KairouanIndonesian
KairouanIrish
Al-QayrawanItalian
KairawanItalian
KairouanItalian
KairuanItalian
QayrawanItalian
カイラワーンJapanese
カイラワンJapanese
カイルアーンJapanese
カイルアンJapanese
ケルアンJapanese
KairouanJavanese
QayrawanKabyle
TakerwantKabyle
ಕೈರೋವಾನ್Kannada
Kaýrwan (Kaïrvan, Kerwan) qalasıKazakh
Кайруан (Каирван, Керуан) қаласыKazakh
Кайруан қаласыKazakh
ҚайруанKazakh
Қайруан қаласыKazakh
كايرۋان (كاىيرۆان، كەرۋان) قالاسىKazakh
КайруанKirghiz
카이로우안Korean
카이로우완Korean
카이루안Korean
카이루완Korean
카이르안Korean
카이르완Korean
KairavānaLatvian
KairuānaLatvian
KairuanasLithuanian
KairouanMalay
QayrawanMalay
KairouanMaltese
केअरौआनMarathi
КайруанMoksha
القيروانMoroccan Arabic
KairouanNorwegian
KairouanNorwegian Bokmål
Al-QayrawanNorwegian Nynorsk
KairouanNorwegian Nynorsk
KairwanNorwegian Nynorsk
KayrawanNorwegian Nynorsk
القيروانNorwegian Nynorsk
KairouanOromo
КайруанOssetian
KairawanPampanga
ਕੈਰੂਆਨPanjabi
قیروانPersian
Al-KajrawanPolish
KairouanPolish
KairuanPolish
KajrowanPolish
قیروانPushto
KairouanRomanian
КаирванRussian
КайраанRussian
КайруанRussian
КеруанRussian
KairouanScots
KirwanScots
KeruanSerbian
КеруанSerbian
Al-QayrawanSerbo-Croatian
KairouanSerbo-Croatian
KairuanSerbo-Croatian
KairouanSicilian
කයිරොඋඅන්Sinhala
කයිරෝඋආන්Sinhala
KajruvánSlovak
Al KairouanSlovenian
KairouanSlovenian
KairouanSomali
قیروانSouth Azerbaijani
KairouanSwahili
KairuanSwahili
Al QayrawanSwedish
KairouanSwedish
KëyrëwanTagalog
КайруанTajik
கிரௌனாTamil
கைரோயன்Tamil
KairouanTatar
కేరోయువాన్Telugu
อัลก็อยเราะวานThai
Al QayrawanTurkish
KairouanTurkish
KayravanTurkish
KayrevanTurkish
قەيرەۋانUighur
КайруанUkrainian
قیروانUrdu
QayravonUzbek
QayruvonUzbek
KairouanVietnamese
KairouanWaray (Philippines)
KairouanWelsh
قیروانWestern Panjabi
凯鲁万Wu Chinese
KairouanZulu
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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