Kairouan Governorate
Kairouan
قيروان | |
|---|---|
Map of Tunisia with Kairouan highlighted | |
Subdivisions of Kairouan Governorate | |
| Coordinates: 35°40′N 10°06′E / 35.667°N 10.100°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 | 90/km2 (230/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 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.
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:
| Code | Municipality | Population (2014)[4] |
|---|---|---|
| 4111 | Kairouan | 139,070 |
| 4112 | Chebika | 2,921 |
| 4113 | Sbikha | 8,036 |
| 4114 | Oueslatia | 9,006 |
| 4115 | Aïn Djeloula | 1,757 |
| 4116 | Haffouz | 8,429 |
| 4117 | Alaâ | 3,276 |
| 4118 | Hajeb El Ayoun | 10,621 |
| 4119 | Nasrallah | 5,012 |
| 4120 | Menzel Mehiri | 3,870 |
| 4121 | Echrarda | 1,705 |
| 4122 | Bou Hajla | 7,828 |
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]
References
- ^ "President of the Republic reshuffles governors". tap.info.tn. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "National institute of statistics 2024" (PDF). 23 May 2025.
- ^ Institut National de la Statistique Tunisie (web).
- ^ Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2014 – Population, logements et ménages par commune et arrondissement [Census 2014 results – population, accommodation and households per municipality and delegation] (Report) (in French). National Institute of Statistics. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Reserve Naturelle" (PDF). www.onagri.nat.tn. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Tunisie – Liste des nouveaux gouverneurs nommés par Mehdi Jomâa". businessnews.com.tn (in French). 28 February 2014..
- ^ "Nomination de six nouveaux gouverneurs" (in French). 10 April 2015. ISSN 0330-9991..
- ^ "Nomination de 12 nouveaux gouverneurs dont une femme". businessnews.com.tn (in French). 16 September 2016..
- ^ "Tunisie: remaniement dans le corps des gouverneurs". webdo.tn (in French). 18 May 2017..
- ^ "Le chef du gouvernement décide d'un mouvement partiel dans le corps des gouverneurs". huffpostmaghreb.com (in French). 24 July 2019..
- ^ "Tunisie: le gouverneur de Kairouan démis de ses fonctions". kapitalis.com (in French). 22 August 2023..
- ^ "Tunisie: mouvement dans le corps des gouverneurs". webdo.tn (in French). 9 September 2024..