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World Gazetteer Results for al-Farwānīyah:
Nameal-Farwānīyah
Alternate NamesFarwaniya
Original Namesالفروانية
Geographical TypeLocality
Population86525
Latitude
Longitude
CountryKuwait
Administrative Divisional-Farwānīyah
Dictionary Results for Kuwait:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Kuwait
    n 1: a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait [syn:
         Kuwait, Kuwait City, Koweit, capital of Kuwait]
    2: an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the
       Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum [syn: Kuwait,
       State of Kuwait, Koweit]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Kuwait

   Introduction Kuwait
   -------------------
                            Background: Kuwait was attacked and overrun by
                                        Iraq on 2 August 1990. Following
                                        several weeks of aerial bombardment,
                                        a US-led UN coalition began a ground
                                        assault on 23 February 1991 that
                                        completely liberated Kuwait in four
                                        days. Kuwait has spent more than $5
                                        billion to repair oil infrastructure
                                        damaged during 1990-91.
  
   Geography Kuwait
   ----------------
                              Location: Middle East, bordering the Persian
                                        Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
                Geographic coordinates: 29 30 N, 45 45 E
                        Map references: Middle East
                                  Area: total: 17,820 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 17,820 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than New Jersey
                       Land boundaries: total: 462 km
                                        border countries: Iraq 240 km, Saudi
                                        Arabia 222 km
                             Coastline: 499 km
                       Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: dry desert; intensely hot summers;
                                        short, cool winters
                               Terrain: flat to slightly undulating desert
                                        plain
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
                                        highest point: unnamed location 306
                                        m
                     Natural resources: petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas
                              Land use: arable land: 0.34%
                                        permanent crops: 0.06%
                                        other: 99.61% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 60 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: sudden cloudbursts are common from
                                        October to April; they bring heavy
                                        rain which can damage roads and
                                        houses; sandstorms and dust storms
                                        occur throughout the year, but are
                                        most common between March and August
          Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water
                                        resources; some of world's largest
                                        and most sophisticated desalination
                                        facilities provide much of the
                                        water; air and water pollution;
                                        desertification
            Environment - international party to: Climate Change,
                            agreements: Desertification, Environmental
                                        Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law
                                        of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone
                                        Layer Protection
                                        signed, but not ratified:
                                        Biodiversity, Endangered Species,
                                        Marine Dumping
                      Geography - note: strategic location at head of
                                        Persian Gulf
  
   People Kuwait
   -------------
                            Population: 2,111,561
                                        note: includes 1,159,913 non-
                                        nationals (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 28.3% (male 304,200;
                                        female 292,900)
                                        15-64 years: 69.2% (male 934,115;
                                        female 527,331)
                                        65 years and over: 2.5% (male
                                        34,106; female 18,909) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 3.33%
                                        note: this rate reflects a return to
                                        pre-Gulf crisis immigration of
                                        expatriates (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 21.84 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 2.46 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 13.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.77 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 1.8 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.52 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 10.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.46 years
                                        male: 75.56 years
                                        female: 77.39 years (2002 est.)
                  Total fertility rate: 3.14 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.12% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Kuwaiti(s)
                                        adjective: Kuwaiti
                         Ethnic groups: Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South
                                        Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7%
                             Religions: Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%),
                                        Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other
                                        15%
                             Languages: Arabic (official), English widely
                                        spoken
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 78.6%
                                        male: 82.2%
                                        female: 74.9% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Kuwait
   -----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: State of
                                        Kuwait
                                        conventional short form: Kuwait
                                        local short form: Al Kuwayt
                                        local long form: Dawlat al Kuwayt
                       Government type: nominal constitutional monarchy
                               Capital: Kuwait
              Administrative divisions: 5 governorates (muhafazat, singular
                                        - muhafazah); Al Ahmadi, Al
                                        Farwaniyah, Al 'Asimah, Al Jahra',
                                        Hawalli
                          Independence: 19 June 1961 (from UK)
                      National holiday: National Day, 25 February (1950)
                          Constitution: approved and promulgated 11 November
                                        1962
                          Legal system: civil law system with Islamic law
                                        significant in personal matters; has
                                        not accepted compulsory ICJ
                                        jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: adult males who have been
                                        naturalized for 30 years or more or
                                        have resided in Kuwait since before
                                        1920 and their male descendants at
                                        age 21
                                        note: only 10% of all citizens are
                                        eligible to vote; in 1996,
                                        naturalized citizens who do not meet
                                        the pre-1920 qualification but have
                                        been naturalized for 30 years were
                                        eligible to vote for the first time
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Amir JABIR al-Ahmad
                                        al-Jabir Al Sabah (since 31 December
                                        1977)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        and Crown Prince SAAD al-Abdallah
                                        al-Salim Al Sabah (since 8 February
                                        1978); First Deputy Prime Minister
                                        SABAH al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah
                                        (since 17 October 1992); Deputy
                                        Prime Ministers JABIR MUBARAK al-
                                        Hamud Al Sabah (since NA) and
                                        MUHAMMAD KHALID al-Hamed Al Sabah
                                        (since NA)
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        appointed by the prime minister and
                                        approved by the monarch
                                        elections: none; the monarch is
                                        hereditary; prime minister and
                                        deputy prime ministers appointed by
                                        the monarch
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or
                                        Majlis al-Umma (50 seats; members
                                        elected by popular vote to serve
                                        four-year terms)
                                        elections: last held 3 July 1999
                                        (next to be held NA 2003)
                                        election results: percent of vote -
                                        NA%; seats - independents 50; note -
                                        all cabinet ministers are also ex
                                        officio members of the National
                                        Assembly
                       Judicial branch: High Court of Appeal
         Political parties and leaders: none; formation of political parties
                                        is illegal
          Political pressure groups and several political groups act as de
                               leaders: facto parties: Bedouins, merchants,
                                        Sunni and Shi'a activists, and
                                        secular leftists and nationalists
             International organization ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, BDEAC,
                         participation: CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, GCC,
                                        IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA,
                                        IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
                                        IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM,
                                        OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, UN, UNCTAD,
                                        UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UPU, WFTU,
                                        WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Sheikh
                                        Salem Abdullah Al Jaber AL SABAH
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 966-0517
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 966-0702
                                        chancery: 2940 Tilden Street NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20008
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Richard
                                    US: H. JONES
                                        embassy: Bayan, near the Bayan
                                        palace, Kuwait City
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 77 Safat,
                                        13001 Safat, Kuwait Unit 69000, APO
                                        AE 09880-9000
                                        telephone: [965] 539-5307, ext. 2240
  
                                        FAX: [965] 538-0282
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of
                                        green (top), white, and red with a
                                        black trapezoid based on the hoist
                                        side
  
   Economy Kuwait
   --------------
                    Economy - overview: Kuwait is a small, rich, relatively
                                        open economy with proved crude oil
                                        reserves of 94 billion barrels - 10%
                                        of world reserves. Petroleum
                                        accounts for nearly half of GDP, 90%
                                        of export revenues, and 75% of
                                        government income. Kuwait's climate
                                        limits agricultural development.
                                        Consequently, with the exception of
                                        fish, it depends almost wholly on
                                        food imports. About 75% of potable
                                        water must be distilled or imported.
                                        Higher oil prices put the FY99/00
                                        budget into a $2 billion surplus.
                                        The FY00/01 budget covers only nine
                                        months because of a change in the
                                        fiscal year. The budget for FY01/02
                                        envisioned higher expenditures for
                                        salaries, construction, and other
                                        general categories. Kuwait continues
                                        its discussions with foreign oil
                                        companies to develop fields in the
                                        northern part of the country.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $30.9
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 4% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $15,100
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: industry: 60%
                                        services: 39.7%
                                        agriculture: 0.3% (2000)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.7% (2001)
                           Labor force: 1.3 million (1998 est.)
                                        note: 68% of the population in the
                                        15-64 age group is non-national
                                        (July 1998 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture NA%, industry NA%,
                                        services NA%
                     Unemployment rate: 1.8% (official 1996 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $11.5 billion
                                        expenditures: $17.2 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (FY01/02)
                            Industries: petroleum, petrochemicals,
                                        desalination, food processing,
                                        construction materials
     Industrial production growth rate: 1% (1997 est.)
              Electricity - production: 31.2 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 29.016 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: practically no crops; fish
                               Exports: $16.2 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: oil and refined products,
                                        fertilizers
                    Exports - partners: Japan 23%, US 14%, South Korea 13%,
                                        Singapore 7%, Netherlands 6%,
                                        Pakistan 6%, Indonesia 4%, UK 2%
                                        (2000)
                               Imports: $7.4 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: food, construction materials,
                                        vehicles and parts, clothing
                    Imports - partners: US 12%, Japan 8%, UK 8%, Germany 7%,
                                        China 5%, France 4%, Australia 3%,
                                        Netherlands 2% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $6.9 billion (2000 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: NA
                              Currency: Kuwaiti dinar (KD)
                         Currency code: KWD
                        Exchange rates: Kuwaiti dinars per US dollar -
                                        0.3075 (January 2002), 0.3066,
                                        (2001), 0.3067 (2000), 0.3044
                                        (1999), 0.3047 (1998), 0.3033 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
  
   Communications Kuwait
   ---------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 412,000 (1997)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 210,000 (1997)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: the quality of
                                        service is excellent
                                        domestic: new telephone exchanges
                                        provide a large capacity for new
                                        subscribers; trunk traffic is
                                        carried by microwave radio relay,
                                        coaxial cable, open wire, and fiber-
                                        optic cable; a cellular telephone
                                        system operates throughout Kuwait,
                                        and the country is well supplied
                                        with pay telephones
                                        international: coaxial cable and
                                        microwave radio relay to Saudi
                                        Arabia; linked to Bahrain, Qatar,
                                        UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG)
                                        cable; satellite earth stations - 3
                                        Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 2 Indian
                                        Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean),
                                        and 2 Arabsat
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
                                Radios: 1.175 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 13 (plus several satellite channels)
                                        (1997)
                           Televisions: 875,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .kw
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2000)
                        Internet users: 165,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Kuwait
   ---------------------
                              Railways: 0 km
                              Highways: total: 4,450 km
                                        paved: 3,590 km
                                        unpaved: 860 km (1999 est.)
                             Waterways: none
                             Pipelines: crude oil 877 km; petroleum products
                                        40 km; natural gas 165 km
                     Ports and harbors: Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait,
                                        Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi,
                                        Mina' Su'ud
                       Merchant marine: total: 38 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 2,274,515 GRT/3,627,835 DWT
  
                                        ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 1,
                                        container 6, liquefied gas 6,
                                        livestock carrier 5, petroleum
                                        tanker 19
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Monaco 1, Saudi Arabia
                                        1 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 7 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 3
                                        over 3,047 m: 1
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 4
                                        under 914 m: 3 (2001)
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
                             Heliports: 3 (2001)
  
   Military Kuwait
   ---------------
                     Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force (including Air
                                        Defense Force), National Police
                                        Force, National Guard, Coast Guard
      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 812,059 (2002 est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 486,906 (2002 est.)
                               service:
           Military manpower - reaching males: 18,309 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $1,967.3 million (FY01)
                                figure: note: Kuwait is changing its fiscal
                                        year; the above figure is for July-
                                        March 2001; future budget years will
                                        be April-March annually
     Military expenditures - percent of 5.5% (FY01)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Kuwait
   ---------------------------
               Disputes - international: in November 1994, Iraq formally
                                         accepted the UN-demarcated border
                                         with Kuwait which had been spelled
                                         out in Security Council Resolutions
                                         687 (1991), 773 (1993), and 883
                                         (1993); this formally ends earlier
                                         claims to Kuwait and to Bubiyan and
                                         Warbah islands, although the Iraqi
                                         Government continues periodic
                                         rhetorical challenges
  
                                       



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