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Kairouan

City in Tunisia
Kairouan is a city in northern Tunisia’s inland desert. It became a powerful trading hub and center of Islamic scholarship in the 9th century, when Aghlabid emirs ruled Kairouan and built many of its monuments. The Great Mosque, on the edge of the...
Population: 187,000 (2014)
Elevation: 68 m (223 ft)
Founded: 670 CE