Kairouan

Kairouan
ٱلْقَيْرَوَان
Top (from left to right): Monument to Kairouan carpets, Great Mosque of Kairouan Second row: Historic city walls, Aghlabid Basins Third row: Zawiya of Sidi Abid al-Ghariani, Makroudh Bottom: Kairouan carpets, Bazaar, Medina quarter
Top (from left to right): Monument to Kairouan carpets, Great Mosque of Kairouan
Second row: Historic city walls, Aghlabid Basins
Third row: Zawiya of Sidi Abid al-Ghariani, Makroudh
Bottom: Kairouan carpets, Bazaar, Medina quarter
Kairouan is located in Tunisia
Kairouan
Kairouan
Location in Tunisia
Kairouan is located in Mediterranean
Kairouan
Kairouan
Kairouan (Mediterranean)
Kairouan is located in Africa
Kairouan
Kairouan
Kairouan (Africa)
Coordinates: 35°40′38″N 10°06′03″E / 35.67722°N 10.10083°E / 35.67722; 10.10083
Country Tunisia
GovernorateKairouan Governorate
Delegation(s)Kairouan North, Kairouan South
Founded670 CE
Founded byUqba ibn Nafi
Government
 • MayorRadouane Bouden (Ennahda)
Elevation
68 m (223 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total187,000
WebsiteOfficial website
CriteriaCultural: i, ii, iii, v, vi
Reference499
Inscription1988 (12th Session)
Area68.02 ha
Buffer zone154.36 ha

Kairouan (UK: /ˌkaɪər(ʊ)ˈwɑːn/, US: /kɛərˈ-/), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan (Arabic: ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, romanizedal-Qayrawān [æl qɑjrɑˈwæːn] , Tunisian Arabic: Qeirwān [qɪrˈwɛːn] ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by the Umayyads around 670,[1] in the period of Caliph Mu'awiya (reigned 661–680); this is when it became an important centre for Sunni Islamic scholarship and Quranic learning,[2] attracting Muslims from various parts of the world. The Mosque of Uqba is situated in the city.[3][4]

  1. ^ Nagendra Kr Singh, International encyclopaedia of Islamic dynasties. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. 2002. page 1006
  2. ^ Luscombe, David; Riley-Smith, Jonathan, eds. (2004). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 2; Volume 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 696. ISBN 9780521414111.
  3. ^ Europa Publications "General Survey: Holy Places" The Middle East and North Africa 2003, p. 147. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 1-85743-132-4. "The city is regarded as a holy place for Muslims."
  4. ^ Hutchinson Encyclopedia 1996 Edition. Helicon Publishing Ltd, Oxford. 1996. p. 572. ISBN 1-85986-107-5.

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