Kairouan is a city in north-central Tunisia and capital of Kairouan Governorate, founded around 670 CE by the Umayyad general Uqba ibn Nafi as the first Arab garrison city in North Africa. It lies west of Sousse in a hot semi-arid region and had a population of 210,313 at the 2022 census; its historic monuments, including the Great Mosque, have earned the old city UNESCO World Heritage status.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude35.683333 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kairouan (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+0670-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 186,653 (2014)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 35.683333, longitude 10.1
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 68 m
P2046 (area)
area 0.6802 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 186653 (2014)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Kairouan - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2473449
35.6781 10.09633 P PPLA TN 03 139070 65 Africa/Tunis
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 65 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.75, 10.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.75, 10.25
35.75 10.25 BSh
Wikidata: Kairouan
Wikidata Q179570, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Kairouan (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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