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Map of the Areas of Kuwait. Each area in Kuwait has an official governmental facility called a co-op society or just society (Arabic: جمعية). They are mainly supermarkets that provide foods and products and they take part in maintaining some of the areas landmarks, but they're not legally obliged to. They have elected members who manage them.
Turks of Kuwait (Turkish: Kuveyt Türkleri) are Kuwaiti people of Turkish ancestry and foreign Turkish people who live in Kuwait. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey , the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora .
Salmiya (Arabic: السالمية, romanized: As-Sālmīya(h)) is an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait.. Salmiya is administratively divided into 12 blocks. The blocks located closer to the interior of the district tend to be mostly residential, while those located beside the Persian Gulf coastline have a great deal of commercial and up-scale residential real estate.
Hawally (Arabic: حولي) is an area in, and the namesake of, the Hawalli Governorate, located in the State of Kuwait. Hawally is a large settlement and the commercial center for most computer-related goods in Kuwait. Prior to the first Gulf War, it housed many Palestinians, but many left during and after the War. Currently, Hawally is home to ...
Kuwait was the first country in the world to use desalination to supply water for large-scale domestic use. The history of desalination in Kuwait dates back to 1951 when the first distillation plant was commissioned. [28] Kuwait's fresh water resources are limited to groundwater, desalinated seawater, and treated wastewater effluents. [28]
Area (km 2) Notes Ahmadi Governorate: KW-AH 1962 959,009 5,120 It was named after Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 10th ruler of Kuwait. Asimah Governorate: KW-KU 1962 568,567 175 It houses most of Kuwait's financial and business centres such as the Kuwait Stock Exchange. Farwaniya Governorate: KW-FA 1988 1,169,312 204 It is the most populated ...
The TK (also known as the TK-3) tankette was a Polish design produced from 1931 based on the chassis of the British Carden Loyd tankette, with an improved hull and more powerful engine, and armour up to 8 mm (0.31 in) thick (10 mm or 0.39 in on the TKS).
Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City (Arabic: مدينة صباح الأحمد البحرية) is a city and area in Al Khiran (Ahmadi Governorate), Kuwait, built with canals forming 200 kilometres (120 mi) of artificial shoreline. Before construction, the city was expected to house up to 250,000 residents.