Kairouan

E23803

city municipality

Kairouan is an ancient Islamic city in central Tunisia renowned for its historic mosques, traditional architecture, and status as a major center of early Muslim scholarship and pilgrimage.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Kairouan canonical	27
Medina of Kairouan	4
Kairouan Governorate	2
Kairouan (III)	1
Kairouan Medina	1
al-Qayrawan	1
historic center of Kairouan	1
medina of Kairouan	1
old city of Kairouan	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
capitalOf	Kairouan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kairouan Governorate
climate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Tunisia ⓘ
economy	handicrafts ⓘ tourism ⓘ trade ⓘ
elevation	about 68 meters above sea level ⓘ
founder	Uqba ibn Nafi ⓘ
foundingDate	7th century ⓘ circa 670 CE ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasPart	Aghlabid Basins ⓘ Great Mosque of Kairouan ⓘ Kairouan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medina of Kairouan Mosque of the Three Doors ⓘ Zaouia of Sidi Sahbi ⓘ
heritageCriteria	UNESCO cultural criteria (ii) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criteria (iii) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criteria (v) ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1988 ⓘ
historicalRole	early capital of Ifriqiya ⓘ key center of Islamic learning in the Maghreb ⓘ major center of Maliki jurisprudence ⓘ
knownFor	Aghlabid-era monuments ⓘ Great Mosque of Kairouan ⓘ Islamic scholarship ⓘ early Islamic urban fabric ⓘ historic mosques ⓘ religious education ⓘ traditional Islamic architecture ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	central Tunisia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Kairouan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kairouan Governorate
majorReligion	Islam ⓘ
namedAfter	Kairouan plain ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
population	over 100000 inhabitants ⓘ
region	North Africa ⓘ
religionSignificance	historic pilgrimage center ⓘ important Islamic holy city ⓘ major center of early Muslim scholarship ⓘ
roadConnection	connected to Sousse ⓘ connected to Tunis ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
traditionalProduct	carpets ⓘ leather goods ⓘ
utcOffset	+1 ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tunisia → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInCountry → Kairouan ⓘ

Kairouan → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Kairouan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kairouan Governorate

Kairouan → capitalOf → Kairouan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kairouan Governorate

Kairouan → hasPart → Kairouan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medina of Kairouan

Limoges → twinCity → Kairouan ⓘ

Maliki → historicalCenter → Kairouan ⓘ

August Macke → notableWork → Kairouan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kairouan (III)

Vernon → hasTwinTown → Kairouan ⓘ

Uqba ibn Nafi → founded → Kairouan ⓘ

Great Mosque of Kairouan → locatedInCity → Kairouan ⓘ

Great Mosque of Kairouan → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Kairouan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medina of Kairouan

Aghlabid Basins → locatedIn → Kairouan ⓘ

Aghlabid Basins → city → Kairouan ⓘ

Aghlabid Basins → near → Kairouan ⓘ

this entity surface form: historic center of Kairouan

Zaouia of Sidi Sahbi → locatedIn → Kairouan ⓘ

Zaouia of Sidi Sahbi → near → Kairouan ⓘ

this entity surface form: medina of Kairouan

Zaouia of Sidi Sahbi → city → Kairouan ⓘ

Maghrebi Maliki tradition → hasCenter → Kairouan ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Kairouan ⓘ

al-Mansuriya → locatedNear → Kairouan ⓘ

Aghlabid dynasty → capital → Kairouan ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Qayrawan

Aghlabid dynasty → administrativeCenter → Kairouan ⓘ

Mosque of the Three Doors → locatedIn → Kairouan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medina of Kairouan

Mosque of the Three Doors → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Kairouan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medina of Kairouan

Mosque of the Three Doors → city → Kairouan ⓘ

Mosque of the Three Doors → locatedInHistoricQuarter → Kairouan ⓘ

this entity surface form: old city of Kairouan

al-Mahdiyya → locatedEastOf → Kairouan ⓘ

Blue Qurans → possiblePlaceOfOrigin → Kairouan ⓘ

Islamic West → majorCity → Kairouan ⓘ

Hafsid dynasty → urbanCenter → Kairouan ⓘ

Ibn al-Jazzar → mainCityOfActivity → Kairouan ⓘ

Ibn al-Jazzar → placeOfBirth → Kairouan ⓘ

Ibn al-Jazzar → placeOfDeath → Kairouan ⓘ

Central Tunisia → hasCity → Kairouan ⓘ

Central Tunisia → hasHistoricalSite → Kairouan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kairouan Medina

Fatima al-Fihri → placeOfBirth → Kairouan ⓘ

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 → includesClubsFrom → Kairouan ⓘ

Najla Bouden → placeOfBirth → Kairouan ⓘ