Kairouan Governorate ( ; ) 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). 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,Institut National de la Statistique Tunisie (web). 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:
Nature reserves Aïn Chrichira
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. 2015–2016: Chokri Belhassen. 2016–2017: Taoufik Ouertani. 2017–2019: Mounir Hamdi. 2019–2023: Mohamed Bourguiba.. Since 2024: Dhaker Bargaoui.
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