Kairouan
Kairouan (alphabetical notation Kairouan, Kairwan, Kayrawan, Al Qayrawan, القيروان in Arabic notation) is a city in Tunisia, 160 km south of the capital Tunis. As of 2003, 150,000 people live. Kairouan began construction around 670, the name comes from Arabic kairuwân, meaning "camping", "caravan", "resting place", Kâravân in Persian. It is the prefecture capital of Kairouan province. It is also written as Kelouan, Karouan, Kairan and Kairawan. In a paper titled "Towards A Strategic Geopolitic Vision of Afro-Arab Relations" by Professor Kwesi Prah, "Arab got Tunisia in 670 and completed the construction of Kairouan in 675. This city is located in North Africa In the Middle Ages, Kairouan became the third holy city after the Makka and Madina in the Islamic world, from the importance as the center of Islam in the Maghrib region. " Is mentioned. ...