Kairouan Governorate

Kairouan Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية قيروان‎ Wilāyat Qiyrwān) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is landlocked and in the centre-east of the country. It covers an area of 6,712 km² and has a population of 570,559 (2014 census). The narrower province of Sousse borders it to the east, the nearest coastline[1] The capital is Kairouan. Lowland parts of the province are semi-arid, experiencing in most years light rains in the winter months and scant rainfall in other months but higher parts attract relief precipitation in and around the Djebel Zhagdoud and a large part of the Djebel Serj national parks, in the north-east of the province which are geologically outcrops of the Dorsal Atlas mountains in the province to the north.

Kairouan

قيروان
Governorate
Map of Tunisia with Kairouan highlighted
Coordinates: 35°40′N 10°06′E
CountryTunisia
Created21 June 1956
CapitalKairouan
Area
 • Total6,712 km2 (2,592 sq mi)
Area rankRanked 9th of 24
Population
 (2014)
 • Total570,559
 • RankRanked 5th of 24
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix
xx
ISO 3166 codeTN-41

Administrative divisions

Twelve municipalities are in Kairouan Governorate:

CodeMunicipalityPopulation
(2014)[2]
4111Kairouan139,070
4112Chebika2,921
4113Sbikha8,036
4114Oueslatia9,006
4115Aïn Djeloula1,757
4116Haffouz8,429
4117Alaâ3,276
4118Hajeb El Ayoun10,621
4119Nasrallah5,012
4120Menzel Mehiri3,870
4121Echrarda1,705
4122Bou Hajla7,828

Nature reserves

References
  1. (in French)Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2014 – Population, logements et ménages par commune et arrondissement [Census 2014 results – population, accommodation and households per municipality and delegation] (Report) (in French). National Institute of Statistics. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. "Reserve Naturelle" (PDF). www.onagri.nat.tn. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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