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Kuwait

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Outline of Kuwait
Capital
Kuwait City
Population
4.9M
Area
18K km²

About Kuwait

Kuwait sits at the head of the Persian Gulf in western Asia, a small desert nation squeezed between larger neighbours. Its capital, Kuwait City, grew from a walled fishing and pearling town into a modern skyline crowned by the striking Kuwait Towers. Beneath its sands lie some of the world's great oil reserves, riches that transformed a modest trading port society within a single generation.

  • Kuwait has no permanent rivers or natural lakes, and in the 1950s it became one of the first countries to distil its drinking water from the sea.
  • The Kuwaiti dinar has long ranked as the highest-valued currency unit in the world.
  • Kuwait's Failaka Island hosted an ancient Greek colony called Ikaros, founded in the era of Alexander the Great.

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