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 km and has a population of 570,559 (2014 census). The narrower province of Sousse borders it to the east, the nearest coastline 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.
1-527: Sbikha is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate , Tunisia . As of 2004 it had a population of 6,776. 35°56′N 10°01′E / 35.933°N 10.017°E / 35.933; 10.017 This Tunisia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kairouan Governorate The Kairouan Governorate is divided into eleven delegations ( mutamadiyat ), listed below with their populations at
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