Kairouan Governorate

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Kairouan قيروان
Governorate
Map of Tunisia with Kairouan highlighted
Subdivisions of Kairouan Governorate
Coordinates: 35°40′N 10°06′E / 35.667°N 10.100°E / 35.667; 10.100
Country	Tunisia
Created	21 June 1956
Capital	Kairouan
Government
• Governor	Vacant
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

Kairouan Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية قيروان Wilāyat Qiyrwān; French: Gouvernorat de Kairouan) 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.