Kuwait

45°45′E / 29.500°N 45.750°E / 29.500; 45.750

The State o Kuwait (دولة الكويت, dawlat al-kuwayt) is a Muslim kintra ben the Middle East. It is a kinrick led bi the Sabah ryal faimily, cried the Hoose o Al Sabah an aw.

Kuwait

  • دولة الكويت (Arabic)
  • Dawlat al-Kuwait
Anthem
  • "Al-Nasheed Al-Watani"
  • "Naitional Anthem"
Location o  Kuwait  (green)
Location o  Kuwait  (green)
Caipital
and largest city
Kuwait Ceety
29°22′N 47°58′E / 29.367°N 47.967°E / 29.367; 47.967
Offeecial leidsArabic
Ethnic groups
  • 60% Arab (31.3% Kuwaiti, 27.9% ither Arabs)[1]
  • 37.8% Asie
  • 1.9% African
Releegion
Islam
Demonym(s)Kuwaiti
GovrenmentUnitar constitutional monarchy[1]
• Emir
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah
• Speaker o the Naitional Assembly
Ahmed Al-Sadoun
• Prime Meenister
Mohammad Al-Salem Al-Sabah
LegislaturNational Assembly
Establishment
Aurie
• Total
17,820 km2 (6,880 sq mi) (157th)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2016 estimate
4,348,395 (140t)
• 2005 census
2,213,403[2]
• Density
200.2/km2 (518.5/sq mi) (61st)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
• Total
$317.068 billion[3] (52nt)
• Per capita
$73,017[3] (5t)
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
• Tot
$161.885 billion[3] (55t)
• Per capita
$37,280[3] (23rd)
HDI (2014)Steady 0.816[4]
verra heich · 48th
CurrencyKuwaiti dinar (KWD)
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy (CE)
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+965
ISO 3166 codeKW
Internet TLD.kw
Wabsteid
www.e.gov.kw
  1. Nominal succession within the Hoose o Sabah.
  2. Emirate
Territorial organization

The caiptial an muckle maist ceety is Kuwait Ceety.

Maist fowk spik the Arabic leid. Mony fowk frae ither kintras wark in Kuwait.

It haes a population o ower 2,500,000 fowk.

Kuwait is bound bi Saudi Arabie tae the sooth an Iraq tae the north.

The siller, or currency is the Kuwaiti Dinar.

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