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In June 1961, Kuwait became independent with the end of the British protectorate and the sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah became an Emir. Under the terms of the newly drafted constitution, Kuwait held its first parliamentary elections in 1963. Kuwait was the first Arab state in the Persian Gulf to establish a constitution and parliament.
Bait Al-Othman is the largest museum specializing in Kuwait's history. The Scientific Center is one of the largest science museums in the Middle East. The Museum of Modern Art showcases the history of modern art in Kuwait and the region. [536] The Kuwait Maritime Museum presents the country's maritime heritage in the pre-oil era.
Kuwait City, from the International Space Station in 2006 Map of Kuwait City, 2011. 2001 — Population: 388,532 in Capital Governorate [13] 2002 — 2002 West Asian Games held (Apr.) 2003 — Museum of Modern Art opens; [19] Urban master plan created [9] 2004 — Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Tower built; [22] American University of Kuwait ...
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Terrorism attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait: 1974: Kuwait bombings: 1983: Aircraft hijackings: 1984–1988: Attempted assassination of Emir Jaber: 1985: Invasion of Kuwait: 1990: Republic of Kuwait: 1990–1991: Gulf War: 1990–1991: Kuwaiti oil fires: 1991: Palestinian exodus from Kuwait: 1990–1991: 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing: 2015
Kuwait has the third largest foreign-born population in the world. Before the discovery of oil reserves in 1938, the country was a regional trade port; from 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large-scale modernization, largely based on income from oil production .
Prior to 1871, Kuwait was a small village known as Grane (Kureyn). [1] The region originally came under the rule of the Bani Khalid Emirate in 1670 after the expulsion of the Ottomans from Eastern Arabia (Lahsa Eyalet) by Barrack bin Ghurayr, Emir of the Bani Khalid, who successfully besieged the Ottoman governor Umar Pasha who surrendered and gave up his rule as the fourth Ottoman governor of ...