Kairouan Governorate
governorate in Tunisia
Kairouan Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية قيروان Wilāyat Qiyrwān) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the central-eastern part of the country. It covers an area of 6,712 km².[1] As of the 2014 census, 570,559 people lived there.[2][3] The capital is Kairouan.
Kairouan
قيروان | |
|---|---|
 Map of Tunisia with Kairouan highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 35°40′N 10°06′E / 35.667°N 10.100°E | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Created | June 21, 1956[1] |
| Capital | Kairouan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,712 km2 (2,592 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 9th of 24 |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 570,559 |
| • Rank | Ranked 5th of 24 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal prefix | xx |
| ISO 3166 code | TN-41 |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (in French) "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
- ↑ "2014 Tunisian census data". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
- ↑ (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
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