# Kairouan: Fourth Holy City of Islam

Kairouan, Tunisia

Founded around 670 by Uqba ibn Nafi, Kairouan is widely honored as Islam's fourth holiest city, after Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. A local tradition holds that seven pilgrimages to its Great Mosque equal one journey to Mecca.

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Coordinates: 35.6781, 10.0963

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