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# Kairouan
Kairuán · Tunisia

UNESCO cultural World Heritage, inscribed in 1988.

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City / localityKairuán

Country / geographic scopeTunisia

Place typeMonuments

Point coordinates35.68167, 10.10389

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## UNESCO World Heritage
Kairouan

Cultural · Inscription: 1988

Property components: 4. The image or map point may represent one component of the property.

[Read the UNESCO entry ↗](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/499/)

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