Kairouan Governorate
Governorate of Tunisia
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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 600,803 (2024 census).[2] 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 | |
|---|---|
Map of Tunisia with Kairouan highlighted | |
 Subdivisions of Kairouan Governorate | |
| Coordinates: 35°40′N 10°06′E | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Created | 21 June 1956 |
| Capital | Kairouan |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Dhaker Bargaoui (since 2024)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,712 km2 (2,592 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 8th of 24 |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 600,803 |
| • Rank | Ranked 8th of 24 |
| • Density | 89.51/km2 (231.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal prefix | xx |
| ISO 3166 code | TN-41 |
Administrative divisions
The Kairouan Governorate is divided into eleven delegations (mutamadiyat), listed below with their populations at the 2004 and 2014 Censuses,[3] and further sub-divided into sectors (imada).
| Delegation | Area in km2 | Population 2004 Census | Population 2014 Census |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaâ | 361 | 31,773 | 28,991 |
| Bou Hajla | 690 | 70,589 | 72,371 |
| Chebika | 513 | 33,889 | 35,308 |
| Echrarda | 330 | 25,903 | 27,518 |
| Haffouz | 611 | 43,792 | 40,066 |
| Hajeb El Ayoun | 589 | 35,403 | 36,137 |
| Kairouan North | 251 | 83,794 | 96,781 |
| Kairouan South | 520 | 80,444 | 93,101 |
| Nasrallah | 685 | 37,112 | 33,789 |
| Oueslatia | 915 | 36,195 | 34,452 |
| Sbikha | 1,069 | 67,315 | 71,922 |
Twelve municipalities are included within Kairouan Governorate:
| 4111 | Kairouan | 172,788[4] |
| 4112 | Chebika | 21,799 |
| 4113 | Sbikha | 42,533 |
| 4114 | Oueslatia | 26,454 |
| 4115 | Aïn Djeloula | 6,441 |
| 4116 | Haffouz | 29,207 |
| 4117 | El Alâa | 28,897 |
| 4118 | Hajeb El Ayoun | 26,455 |
| 4119 | Nasrallah | 20,310 |
| 4120 | Menzel Mehiri | 12,680 |
| 4121 | Echrarda | 14,361 |
| 4122 | Bou Hajla | 71,836 |
| Raqqada | 25,741 | |
| Chraitia - Ksour | 11,215 | |
| Sisseb - Driaat | 35,117 | |
| Jehina | 10,090 | |
| Aïn El Beïdha | 15,285 | |
| Chaouachi | 14,200 | |
| Abida | 15,394 |
Nature reserves
Governors
A historical list of Governors of Bizerte Governorate since the independence in 1956:
- 1956–1964: Amor Chachia
- 1964: Mohsen Bel Aljia
- 1964–1969: Mongi Fekih
- 1969–1970: Amor Msadek
- 1970–1972: Slim Aloulou
- 1972–1978: Tahar Boussemma
- 1978–1979: Hédi Alaya
- 1979–1981: Béchir Lahmidi
- 1981–1982: Abdessalem Ben Ammar
- 1982–1984: Chédli Neffati
- 1984–1987: Khaled Guezmir
- 1987–1988: Rafik Belhaj Kacem
- 1988–1991: Kamel Haj Sassi
- 1991–1992: Salem Mekki
- 1992–1993: Noureddine Hafsi
- 1993–1994: Salah Jouini
- 1994–2000: Jamel Bouslimi
- 2000–2001: Habib Ben Gamra
- 2001–2004: Habib Aoual
- 2004–2007: Néjib Barkallah
- 2007–2011: Yassine Barbouche
- 2011–2011: Abdeljelil Ben Hassen
- 2011–2012: Mohamed Sahraoui
- 2012–2013: Abdelmajid Laghouen
- 2013–2014: Abdennaser Ellafi
- 2014–2015: Mohsen Mansouri[6]
- 2015–2016: Chokri Belhassen[7]
- 2016–2017: Taoufik Ouertani[8]
- 2017–2019: Mounir Hamdi[9]
- 2019–2023: Mohamed Bourguiba[10][11]
- Since 2024: Dhaker Bargaoui[12]