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Anthem: النشيد الوطني Template:Transliteration "National Anthem"Template:Parabr |
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Capital and largest city | Kuwait City | |||||
Official languages | Arabic[1] | |||||
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Demonym | Kuwaiti | |||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy[2] | |||||
• | Emir | Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | ||||
• | Crown Prince | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | ||||
• | Prime Minister | Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | ||||
• | Speaker of the National Assembly | Ahmed Al-Sadoun | ||||
Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
Establishment | ||||||
• | Sheikhdom of Kuwait | 1613 | ||||
• | Independence from the Bani Khalid Emirate | 1752 | ||||
• | Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement | 23 January 1899 | ||||
• | Anglo-Ottoman Convention | 29 July 1913 | ||||
• | End of treaties with the United Kingdom | 19 June 1961 | ||||
• | Admitted to the United Nations | 14 May 1963 | ||||
• | Kuwait National Day | 25 February 1961 | ||||
• | Kuwait Liberation Day | 26 February 1991 | ||||
Area | ||||||
• | Total | 17,818 km2 (152nd) 6,880 sq mi |
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• | Water (%) | negligible | ||||
Population | ||||||
• | 2022 estimate | 4,460,000[3] (137th) | ||||
• | Density | 200.2/km2 (61st) 518.4/sq mi |
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GDP (PPP) | 2022 estimate | |||||
• | Total | Increase$248.113 billion[4] (66th) | ||||
• | Per capita | Increase $51,528[4] (30th) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate | |||||
• | Total | Increase$183.576 billion[4] (59th) | ||||
• | Per capita | Increase$38,123[4] (26th) | ||||
HDI (2021) | Increase 0.831[5] Template:Color · 50th |
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Currency | Kuwaiti dinar | |||||
Time zone | AST (UTC+3) | |||||
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (CE) | |||||
Drives on the | right | |||||
Calling code | +965 | |||||
Internet TLD | .kw | |||||
Website www.e.gov.kw |
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a. | Nominal succession within the House of Sabah. | |||||
b. | Emirate |
Kuwait (Listeni/kʊˈweɪt/;[6][7] Template:Language with name and transliteration Template:Transliteration, Template:IPA-afb or Template:IPA-afb), officially the State of Kuwait (Template:Language with name and transliteration About this sound Dawlat al-Kuwayt), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south.[8] Kuwait also shares maritime borders with Iran. Kuwait has a coastal length of approximately 500 km ().[9] Most of the country's population reside in the urban agglomeration of the capital city Kuwait City.[10] As of 2022[update], Kuwait has a population of 4.45 million people of which 1.45 million are Kuwaiti citizens while the remaining 3.00 million are foreign nationals from over 100 countries.
Historically, most of present-day Kuwait was part of ancient Mesopotamia.[11][12][13] Pre-oil Kuwait was a strategic trade port between Mesopotamia, Persia and India. Oil reserves were discovered in commercial quantities in 1938. In 1946, crude oil was exported for the first time.[14][15] From 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large-scale modernization, largely based on income from oil production. In the 1980s, Kuwait experienced a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis following the stock market crash. In 1990, after oil production disputes with neighbouring Iraq, Kuwait was invaded, and later annexed into one of Iraq's governorates by Iraq under Saddam Hussein.[16] The Iraqi occupation of Kuwait came to an end on February 26, 1991, after military intervention by a military coalition led by the United States and various other countries.
Kuwait is an emirate. The emir is the head of state and the Al Sabah is the ruling family which dominates the country's political system. Kuwait's official state religion is Islam. Kuwait is a developing country with a high-income economy, backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves. The Kuwaiti dinar is the highest valued currency in the world.[17] In 2009, Kuwait had the highest Human Development Index in the Arab world.[18][19] Kuwait has the largest number of stateless people in the entire region.[20][21][22] Kuwait is a founding member of the GCC and is also a member of the UN, AL, OPEC and the OIC.
Kuwait named the emir's son as the country's new prime minister on July 24, 2022 to replace caretaker premier Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid, who faced a combative parliament as head of cabinet in a feud hindering fiscal reform.- ↑ "Kuwait's Constitution of 1962, Reinstated in 1992". https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Kuwait_1992.pdf?lang=en.
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2022". International Monetary Fund. October 2022. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2022/October.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (in en). United Nations Development Programme. 8 September 2022. https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/global-report-document/hdr2021-22pdf_1.pdf.
- ↑ "Kuwait – definition of Kuwait in English". Lexico. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/kuwait.
- ↑ "Definition of Kuwait by Merriam-Webster". Merriam-Webster. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kuwait.
- ↑ "Kuwait". Central Intelligence Agency. 10 April 2015. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kuwait/.
- ↑ "Coastline - The World Factbook". https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/coastline.
- ↑ "The World's Cities in 2018. Data Booklet". United Nations. https://www.un.org/en/events/citiesday/assets/pdf/the_worlds_cities_in_2018_data_booklet.pdf.
- ↑ Sissakian, Varoujan K.; Adamo, Nasrat; Al-Ansari, Nadhir; Mukhalad, Talal; Laue, Jan (January 2020). "Sea Level Changes in the Mesopotamian Plain and Limits of the Arabian Gulf: A Critical Review". Journal of Earth Sciences and Geotechnical Engineering 10 (4): 88–110. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340066759.
- ↑ Louise Pryke (23 April 2018). "In ancient Mesopotamia, sex among the gods shook heaven and earth". The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/amp/in-ancient-mesopotamia-sex-among-the-gods-shook-heaven-and-earth-87858.
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- ↑ "Wise cities" in the Mediterranean? : challenges of urban sustainability. Woertz, Eckart, Ajl, Max. Barcelona. 2018. ISBN 978-84-92511-57-0. OCLC 1117436298.
- ↑ "Contributors". Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 35 (2): 382–384. 2015. doi:10.1215/1089201x-3139815. ISSN 1089-201X.
- ↑ "OPEC pressures Kuwait to moderate quota demand", New Straits Times, 7 June 1989
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- ↑ "HDI of Kuwait is highest in the Arab world". Brazil-Arab News Agency. 2009. https://anba.com.br/en/hdi-of-kuwait-is-highest-in-the-arab-world/.
- ↑ "Kuwait ranks top among Arab states in human development". Kuwait News Agency. 2009. https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?language=en&id=2021741.
- ↑ "The Gulf's Stateless People without Rights Decades after Independence" (in en). Human Rights First. https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2012/11/28/the-gulf%25e2%2580%2599s-stateless-people-without-rights-decades-after-independence.
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