State of Kuwait
Ancient History
Show the work of exploration and there is evidence of human settlement in the Kuwaiti island of Failaka since the time of Alexander the Great, according to what is indicated by relics unearthed, mentions that Greeks inhabited the island and named it "Icarus"
Also signed in the land of repressor, which is located in Kuwait with chains battle between Muslims and the Sassanid, which ended in victory for the Muslims.
Modern History
Kuwait City Year was founded in 1613 as a city business on the coast of Persian Gulf and settled Utub, and the town flourished by maritime trade. In the year 1783 went to Kuwait the first conflicts with regional powers, where a battle ensued tenderness Navy against the tribe of Bani Ka'b near the island of Failaka, and the battle ended in victory for the Kuwaitis, followed by the construction of the first wall of defense around the city of Kuwait in 1783, with Brown second wall of the city in 1815.
In June 1831 the plague spread among the population, and thousands of them died., Has been named that year a year of plague. On May 29, 1892, Sheikh Mohammed bin Sabah Al-Sabah ruling after the death of his elder brother, Sheikh Abdullah, but soon broke out differences between Sheikh Mohammed and his brother, Sheikh Jarrah on one hand and their brother, Sheikh Mubarak, on the other, which led ultimately the fact that Sheikh Mubarak assassination of his brothers years 1896 and taking office as successor to them.
Mubarak the Great, founder of modern Kuwait
Once, Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah came to power even entered into a conflict Ottomans lasted from 1896 to 1899 ended with the signing the Convention on the protection with the United Kingdom in January 23, 1899, after two years of launching, Sheikh Mubarak, a military campaign and wide to the middle of the Arabian Peninsula in order to fight the governor of Hail Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin tired of good led to the outbreak of battle Sarif near Buraida, which ended in victory for Prince of Hail. During the reign of Sheikh Mubarak, Kuwait has witnessed a renaissance education, as it built the first regular school in Kuwait in 1911 and renamed the school on behalf of the school Mubarakiyah named after Sheikh Mubarak, were also built during his reign also the first hospital systems in Kuwait City, and the Department of Customs, died Sheikh Mubarak in 1915 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, who did not continue his term only two years until his death was succeeded by his brother, Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah in the government, which came in a border dispute with the Sultanate of Najd, which led to the outbreak of fighting with the Muslim Brotherhood and build the third wall around the city of Kuwait in 1920, and after months of construction of the fence attacked the Brotherhood of Kuwait in the battle of Jahra, died Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah in 1921, and his successor in office Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who ended the problem of the border after he signed a treaty Aqeer on December 2, 1922, which drew the boundaries of the Sultanate of Najd North with the Kingdom of Iraq on the one hand, Kuwait, on the other hand, was the discovery of the first oil well in 1937, a well of his research, and in June 30, 1946, the first shipment of oil, and in 1948 founded the city of Al-Ahmadi, named after the name in relation to Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, died Sheikh Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in 1950, and came to power, Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah, was named "Abu Constitution" because it is the first invited to organize political life in Kuwait and a constitution has, in his afternoon urbanization, which led to the demolition of the city wall in 1957 while maintaining the five gates.
Independence
On June 19, 1961 has been canceled protection treaty with the United Kingdom and the Declaration of the independence of Kuwait, and in the November 11, 1962 was issued the Constitution. In 1965 he died, Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah, and took his brother, Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah ruling and continued there until his death on December 31, 1977, took over after Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, was the author of the idea of establishing the Gulf Cooperation Council, and in the August 2, 1990 invaded the Iraqi army Kuwait, The occupation continued for a period of seven months, then was the formation of an international coalition of 32 nations to liberate them and that was in February 26, 1991, has become after the liberation, Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Kuwait's ruler under martial law, and continued martial law until June 26, 1991. On January 15, 2006 died Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, has been advocated as Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, emir of Kuwait, but because of the very ill were isolated by a decision of the Council of Nation, and has to swear allegiance to Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as emir was appointed Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Crown Prince after Tzquith Prince and pledge allegiance in the nation.
Politics
Building the Kuwaiti National Assembly
Bayan Palace
** According to the constitution, the Kuwait of the Emirate and genetic governed by a Prince of the atomic Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, appointed by the Crown Prince by Amiri Order upon the nomination of Prince and swear allegiance to the National Assembly by a majority of the members constituting the Council, and if you do not get the approval of a majority of the council Prince nominate three persons from descendants of Mubarak Al-Sabah Phippaya Council and one of them a crown.
Executive power
It is the Emir and the Council of Ministers, which consists of 16 ministers, and the Constitution provides no more than a third of the Minister for the elected members of parliament (ie, 16 ministers).
Legislative authority
It is represented in the National Assembly, which consists of 50 members elected for four years in addition to members of the Government by virtue of their jobs.
Judiciary
It consists of the Supreme Judicial Council and courts in all grades.
Foreign Policy
Kuwait's foreign policy is characterized by moderation and impartiality, a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council and a partner in the NATO shield the island and one of the members of the Arab League and the United Nations. Kuwait and mutual diplomatic representation with most countries in the world except Israel.
Domestic Policy
There is no political parties in Kuwait, there is no law to regulate its own affairs, but there are parliamentary blocs, including the Popular Action bloc and the Islamic bloc in the National Assembly and National Democratic Alliance and the Islamic Constitutional Movement (intuition) and the Constitutional Movement, the Popular National Alliance Islamic Association of Justice, Peace and gathering of the National Pact and the gathering humanitarian message national and movement national consensus and a coalition of Islamic national groupings.
Kuwait is divided administratively into six provinces follow several areas of each province, and the six provinces are:
Province Capital: the headquarters of the government and the nation.
Al Jahra: It is the largest provincial area.
Hawalli Governorate: the most densely populated provinces.
Farwaniya: the largest province in terms of population.
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate: The smaller provinces.
Al-Ahmadi Governorate: Featuring the oil fields.
Islands of Kuwait
Kuwaiti island
Bubiyan Island: the largest Kuwaiti island and the second largest island in the Persian Gulf.
Failaka Island: It is the only island settled by the Kuwaitis.
Island housewife.
Enlarge island.
Aohp Island.
Island or Maradim.
Island Miskan.
Qaruh Island: the first land liberated Kuwait from Iraqi invasion
Island or ants.
** Descended the surface of the State of Kuwait gradually declining from west to east Btjah Sea coast, and no more than the highest high in the western regions of 300 meters above sea level. The surface consists of flat plains of sandy hills interspersed with some low-rise and some dry valleys, and in the north are a series of hills are:
Edge of the Jal Al-Zour.
Hills sponsor quartz.
Alliah Hills.
In the south there are some hills in the form of domes, as in:
Area and see him.
Burgan area.
Among the most famous valleys in Kuwait and the Wadi Al Batin, a boundary between the Kuwaiti border / Iraqi and walking with the western border of Kuwait and, in the west of the reserve Aldbdbp easy.
** The climate of Kuwait are among the region's climate is hot desert and has two main secondary and others do not hardly they observe:
Summer: long, hot and dry.
Winter: a short warm and a little rain.
Spring: Moderate.
Autumn: with high humidity and less temperature relatively summer.
** North-West wind blows most days of the year, and dry winds have a clear impact in reducing the temperature, especially in winter.
Wind Cups ™
Local winds are blowing from the south-east, which is hot and moist, and if it struck in the winter warmth has spread in the air and reduced the severity of the cold.
** In addition to Kuwait are blowing some dust storms in late spring and early summer, raising dust and lasts for a short period and then deposited dust.
** Due to the lack of precipitation, the dominant plants in Kuwait is the kind of desert is able to withstand drought, which are mostly of herbs and shrubs, such as: Arfaj, Alrmt, Inde, grasses, shrubs and Alzeriq or Altnom [44] and plants are called perennials. The annuals are growing after the fall of rain in the winter and bloom in spring, plants such as buttercup and the calf and over again, there are some evergreen trees throughout the year such as: palm trees, lotus and tamarisk.
Water resources
Towers, water storage in Kuwait
With the exception of groundwater does not exist in Kuwait, sources of fresh water, depending on where the distillation of sea water to provide fresh water. The plants produce water distillation in Kuwait up to 319 million gallons per day Imperial. Has the Kuwaiti government to search for underground water by digging many wells for drinking water, resulted in the discovery of a water tank underground huge area Raudhatain in northern Kuwait and in large quantities, but not a substitute for distilled water as a result of the growing need, as I also discovered large quantities of brackish water in areas of the Crusades and Alhqaya Umm Al-Aish, Abdali and abundance is safe water to irrigate crops only.
** The total population of Kuwait at the end of 2008, according to statistics from the Ministry of Planning, 3,441,813 people, of whom 1,087,552 2,354,261 Kuwaiti nationals against foreigners and expatriates. It is the largest Arab communities in Kuwait, the Egyptian community, numbering 400 thousand, then the Syrian and the number of members of her community of 120 thousand approximately, followed by the Jordanian community, which estimated the number of personnel 53 thousand, while the Asian communities Vokprha Indian and the estimated number of personnel to 580 thousand, followed by Pakistan with 150 thousand
The proportion of the population growth of 6.5% and this rate is high levels globally. However, the birth rate has been decreasing in recent years from 5.89 between the years 1975-1980 to 2.18 between 2005 to 2010. The number of deaths as a proportion of the population in the world where at least $ 3 for every 1000.
** At the beginning of the twentieth century and before the outbreak of the First World War have been estimated population of Kuwait to 35,900 people during the reign of Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, during the Second World War put the Department of Supply in 1944 the population had reached 86,000 people, and increased the number of residents after the era of oil to reach 206 000 inhabitants, including 113,122 Kuwaiti citizens according to the census in 1957. The United Nations Organization estimates that Kuwait's population will reach five million and 240 thousand people lysosome in 2050, and expected to increase life expectancy to 78.2 years and the percentage of those over eighty years ago to 4.4% of the population in the year 2050.
** Tattabrallgp Arabic is the only official language according to the constitution, and use of English as a second language in official dealings, maps and signs.
** The state religion of Islam, the religion of the majority of the population, as the Constitution guarantees the freedom of other religions.
** Kuwait contain many of the physical manifestations of modern and high-rise buildings and towers and mega shopping complexes were built on the latest model. The center of Kuwait City Liberation Tower, which stopped its construction during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and after editing has been completion of construction and completed in 1996 and was named that name in relation to the liberalization, has been classified Liberation Tower, the world as the fifth highest tower in the world at the time, but today has become arranged atheist tenth highest tower in the world, and uses most of the tower by the Ministry of Transportation and some telecommunications companies, as the seat of government was inaugurated by the Mall. And open to visitors once a year to visit Kuwait and watch from the top, and often the period during the month of February.
** Kuwait City, the heart of Kuwait's economic
Kuwait is one of the largest economies in the region, and constitute the oil industry in Kuwait's largest industries, covering nearly half of GDP and most of the exports was, and Kuwait has 10% of global oil reserves and is one of the early founders of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, and controls on the oil of Kuwait, several companies back ownership the government or 90% of these companies are:
Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery, Kuwait's largest refinery
Kuwait Oil Company: It is concerned with the export of crude oil to the outside, and the only one that you are authorized to conduct exploration and production of oil in Kuwait.
Kuwait National Petroleum Company: interested in running the oil refineries in Kuwait, and manages a number of petrol stations there.
Petrochemical Industries Company.
Kuwait Oil Company or the World Q8: one of the largest fuel companies in Europe, and extend the distribution of the four thousand plants in Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark, fuel and accessories.
** In addition to the petrochemical industry in Kuwait, there are a number of medium and light industries such as construction equipment, plants, food, clothing, furniture, etc., in addition to the existence of several institutions and service companies large and influential in the Kuwaiti economy. Kuwait's economy is also based on the stock market dramatically, which is one of the most important capital markets in the Arab world. It also represents domestic and foreign investment a major economic engine in Kuwait.
** Kuwait's currency is the dinar, and consists of 1000 fils, and monetary instruments are divided into six categories, namely, (quarter of a dinar, half a dinar, dinars, five dinars, ten dinars, twenty dinars). The coins have 6 categories (fils, "was canceled," 5 fils 0.10 fils 20 fils, 50 fils and 100 fils). The Kuwaiti dinar exchange rate of the highest in the world and one dinar is equal to approximately U.S. $ 3.5460 as of January 27, 2011.
Oil
Before the discovery of oil was the Kuwaiti working dive on pearls as a source of earning a living, and contributed to the profession in the establishment of the maritime industry, nickname, Kuwaitis industry vessels, which have been used either for trade or for the work of diving, including most notably the "album" and "Sanbouk" and "Alcuai", which was made of teak imported from India
Culture
Of Kuwait vital and diverse culture, and the impact of Islamic culture and the Arab way of life is clear. Among the most prominent features of local Kuwaiti culture is the "Diwaniya", which take the place of the house specifically for the men, sitting as a club where men Itadol various things, usually Diwaniya, an isolated room with external door.
* Unlike the young, the elderly prefer to wear traditional clothing, namely dress (dishdasha), ghutra, as well as older women they are wearing black abayas, Blindfolded for most parts of the body. Some young people while wearing a dress and others wearing the popular Western-style
** Seafood is the mainstay of the diet to the Kuwaitis for several centuries, and played the Kuwaitis have an important role in the trade of spices between India and Europe and has been an important element in the kitchen of Kuwait, which includes several meals such as "Majboos" and "Jericho" and "Mash" and " Altchreibp "and" educators "and" Alommoc "and" Alqbot ", and desserts such as" porridge "and" disk'Aqeeli "and" exotic "and" Aldrabil. "
Art
The theater in Kuwait of the most prominent cultural activities which, although exposed to the waves rise and fall according to social variables, it remains the most prominent types of artistic activity, and may have appeared in Kuwait since the founding of the theater of many artists who have managed to achieve success in the technical field of theater and television in the Gulf region, including Abdul-Hussein Abdul-Rida, Saad Al Faraj, Hayat Al Fahad Al-Nafisi, Khaled and Souad Abdallah and Ghanem Saleh, and Mary Mary has angered the good and many others.
In the area of music, the art of sound is what distinguishes the Kuwaiti music, a song popular is accompanied usually lute and Almarwas and applause, and whether the words of the song Balvsahy or dialect People must be that there will be two houses of Arabic poetry Literate in the last song lead to the form of a pro. And used as an instrument of the instrument and lute widely in Kuwait while the people of the desert using the tool Rababa, and the vulnerability is widely practiced in Kuwait and is still practiced Boaras Kuwaitis.
In the realm of art, is the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters and the Kuwaiti Society of Fine Arts from the most important supporters of the movement arts in Kuwait, and the movement is fine movement rising began in the fifties with the first artist, a fan-Dossari, who has studied the Faculty of Fine Arts in Egypt, and increased attention Art in plastic and a variety of different artistic schools and has evolved and is limited to the total intellectual trends such as a Kuwaiti heritage and surrealism and impressionism, and abstract and complex business. And Artists in Kuwait Ayoub Hussein and Mohammad Sami and Abdul Rasoul Salman, Hamid Khazal and Abdullah and Badr Al-Kassar Peregrine and the modern generation and Asaad Khalid Shatti Bonasci and others.
Education
Education is compulsory in Kuwait until the termination of the secondary stage, while the later stages of the optional not mandatory. It contains Kuwait on many educational institutions, governmental and private high-level and recognized worldwide, and The University of Kuwait and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training - College of Basic Education institutions Gomettan Alouhidtnan which grant a bachelor's and master's (in the university only) for students enrolled, while granted the Public Authority for Applied Education diploma and training for students in the rest of the colleges except the College of Basic Education. Kuwait University was founded in 1966 era, Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and currently has 14 faculties. According to the rankings of the site and Lipo Matrix of World Universities, the University of Kuwait occupies position 14 in the West Asia region, and globally between 2781 universities.
* Since 2000 began Bivttaj private universities offer bachelor's degrees and diplomas, and these universities Gulf University for Science and Technology and the American University of Kuwait and the branch of Arab Open University and others.
Electricity
Electricity entered into Kuwait in 1913 through a contract with a British engineer, to be entered in the Seif Palace, and the delivery of the population began in 1934 through a power plant small to generate a DC set up by the National Electricity Company, and the population in the electricity simple so that they arrived in 1940 to 700 participants. It was the second stop of Electricity Generation in the chipset, and began operation in early 1949. After the construction boom and the development and growing demand for electricity, the government in 1951 to purchase shares of National Electricity Company and established the Electricity Department's general Hiedt first steam plant to generate electricity in the Shuwaikh area near the sea coast and named after the station Shuwaikh. And electric power stations in Kuwait are now:
Shuwaikh Station
North Station
Shuaiba Southern Station
Doha Eastern Station
Doha West Power Station
Az-Zour South Station
Information
The Kuwaiti media in the ranks of the Arab state of transparency and freedom, in 2007 ranked second on the countries of the region in the mass media transparency., According to a report by Reporters Without Borders in 2009, Kuwait is ranked 60, ranking first in press freedom in the Middle East.
** Kuwait News Agency is the official news agency in Kuwait, Al Kuwait today is the Official Gazette of the State and published in all official laws and decrees, which do not take the legal status until after publishing. It also publishes in Kuwait several daily newspapers and weekly magazines as well as literary and cultural rights, and to those newspapers and magazines, web sites in Arabic, and some are exported newspapers in English. Characterized by the press in Kuwait, the freedom of expression and freedom of opinion, however, that until recently was off to give licenses for the issuance of new newspapers, but after that the press law was adopted in 2006 opened the door to give licenses to publish newspapers, according to the law. Among the most famous daily newspapers issued in Kuwait:
Home
Opinion
Khaleej Times
Journal News
Journal policy
Journal Gazette
An-Nahar
Newspaper witness
Newspaper today's world
Al Dar
Al Wasat
Freedom Newspaper
Morning newspaper
Al Kuwait Times (English)
Newspaper Arab Times (English)
Al Watan Daily (English)
And magazines and newspapers, weekly and monthly:
Arabi Magazine (monthly)
Kuwait Journal (monthly)
World of thought (quarterly)
Vanguard newspaper (weekly)
Journal of Islamic awareness (monthly)
Gulf News (weekly)
Criterion magazine (weekly)
Community magazine (weekly)
** Kuwait is the first Gulf state to establish a television station official, where he began Kuwait TV broadcast on the official November 15, 1961, from the eastern district of Kuwait City, the headquarters was in that period is a Cbrat distributed by all the activities of television, directed and broadcast programs, news, and management and all sectors of television and was broadcast in black and white for a period of four hours per day and the television picks up the rest of the Gulf countries clearly in times of severe summer moisture. The Kuwait in 1969 and the establishment of a television transmitting station in Dubai, under the name «Kuwait TV from Dubai». Before the launch of television many years, I knew Kuwait television broadcast a special on a limited scale. The most successful Altelovesin Kuwait in the Persian Gulf where he helped a lot in the development of TV drama in Kuwait and Mntqpalkhalij. It was not in Kuwait, private channels and the television is controlled to open the way for the establishment of private channels, starting with 2004 when it opened a channel of Rai's first private Kuwaiti TV channel, were successively after the establishment of private channels.
And Kuwaiti television channels now broadcast six ground and space are:
Channel One (official)
Channel Two (English)
Al Arab (cultural)
The third channel (Sports)
Channel Third Plus (Sports)
Channel enrichment (cultural, religious)
While private channels broadcast from Kuwait include the following:
Channel view
Channel home
Arts Channel
Channel Justice
TV Scoop
Al Afasy
Chat witness
Al-Sabah (newsletter)
Al Kut
Channel Coast
** The first official broadcast of Radio Kuwait in the seventh on the evening of May 12, 1951, and was one of the rooms Bdaipalintlaq of public security in Naif Palace, and the first song played is a public artist Mahmoud Kuwait. The first broadcast of news in the month of June, 1960, continued to develop Kuwait Radio, reaching the peak of its development in the eighties of the twentieth century, where the transition to complex media, was the development of technical equipment and administrative and gained working experience wider, and prepared a training and education for employees of radio and especially in the area broadcasters and filmmakers, and in this period extended the geographical area covered by the radio to include most of the world, east and west, and became a hit sent to Australia and New Zealand, North and South America in addition to the Arab world and the Far East, East and South East Asia, and in several languages, including Urdu, Persian and English. The Radio Kuwait's role is vital and influential in shaping public opinion Kuwaiti inspire the spirit of enthusiasm and national in the hearts of Kuwaitis during the fabricating Iraqi ruler Abdul-Karim Qassem crisis with Kuwait, after independence, and also during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, where the voice came Kuwait from the radio of confidentiality, then phase The second area of Khafji in Saudi Arabia, in addition to Kuwait from Cairo Radio
And radio stations operating in Kuwait now mostly follow the official radio station, except one is Marina FM, and before that were Mahttnan track the same company operated, but the company decided to plant one-sufficiency and therefore has been the closure and decommissioning. And radio stations in Kuwait:
Radio general program
The second program broadcast
Holy Quran Radio
Radio English Program
Kuwait FM
Station singing the old Arab
super station (Station Miscellaneous foreign)
Marina FM (private station)
Liberation Tower, the most important towers used in communications
The government controls the Gaza landlines, while there are 3 companies that provide mobile phone services, which companies contribute to their government a certain percentage but they are considered to be within the Department of the private sector, and companies that provide these services is Zain, the first company incorporated in Kuwait to provide this services have been established year 1983, the second company is the national telecommunications company which was founded in 1997 and began its work with 1999, the company is the last FIFA Communications, which began work in 2008.
Land Transport
Highways in Kuwait City
Kuwait boasts a network of fast lines at a high level of efficiency, safety and the high level of periodic maintenance. The length of the length of the road network of approximately 4600 km, while the total length of highways 600 kilometers, and resides road network around 282 bridges of concrete and 26 bridge iron in 2000 there were about 552,400 passenger cars and 167,800 commercial taxis, trucks and buses used. Because of the lack of rail network in Kuwait, the majority of the population travel by car, and the Kuwaiti government is seeking to build a railway connected the capital would cost $ 11 billion
The service provides public transportation through the 3 companies is a Kuwait Public Transport Company and City Bus Company, Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport.
Air transport
Kuwait International Airport from the inside
In Kuwait, there are approximately 7 civilian airports, including airports, the first is the Kuwait International Airport and the second is the building of Sheikh Saad, general aviation is the headquarters of National Airlines. The Kuwait International Airport, which was founded in 1962 is the main focus of the traffic in Kuwait and is located about 16 miles south of Kuwait City, has begun a project to develop Kuwait International Airport began in 2001, followed by the development of the second in 2008, and completed 80% of development . The Kuwait Airways, the largest airline in Kuwait, where in 2001 he traveled 2,084,600 passengers on board the fleet, in 2004 entered the first airline to a private Kuwaiti service, namely Air Aldzerpobadha year in 2005, the company was established for the second National Airways, which began its first flights in March 2009.
Maritime Transport
Shuaiba Port
Kuwaiti Ports contributed significantly to the process of a country's economic and physical state is a window to the outside world across the seas, and the Kuwait Ports Authority management of all ports. Both the Shuaiba and Shuwaikh Port of Kuwait, the most important ports of trade where you can accommodate approximately 753.334 in the study in 2006, while Mina Al-Ahmadi, the largest in Kuwait, it takes the bulk of Kuwait's oil export. He will join to these ports and port Boubyan with room for 66 will be the largest marina and bay, where accommodate 1.3 million containers at startup.
Kuwait currently includes 6 ports are Port Shuaiba, Mina Abdullah and Mina Doha, Shuwaikh Port and Mina Al-Ahmadi and Mina Bubiyan. The Kuwait Public Transport Company daily flights to the island of Failaka and the company also provides service for shipping goods and equipment. There are private companies for transport and shipping
Museums and art galleries
Interested in Kuwait's cultural activities and arts in the country, where there are a number of museums, public and private, such as Kuwait National Museum, which contains the effects of historical periods different passed to the land of Kuwait Kelhoudarp Dilmunian and Babylonian Alkaship and Greek, etc., and also a Science Museum and who cares about life, natural and contemporary science, as well as the Scientific Center that contains samples of live animals and fish of terrestrial and marine environment of Kuwait, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Beit Lothan interested in fine arts, and the Museum of Dickson House, which was home to the resident British politician Harold Dixon, and the Kuwait House of National Works, who speaks for the Iraqi invasion and Editorial / Tareq Rajab Museum Special Balontherbologia Islamic, and the Palace Museum Red Jahra.
Sports
Jaber Al-Ahmed International Stadium later in Kuwait
The football is the game of the first popular in Kuwait, and Kuwait has a lot of achievements in this game, as the Kuwait national team football is the first Arab team Asian qualifying for the World Cup and that was in 1982, which is also the first Arab national teams win Cup Asia and in the 1980. In Kuwait 14 club sports are Solidarity Club and Club Jahra, Al Khitan and the Club du Sahel and Club Salmiya Sports Club and Youth Club and Sulaibikhat and the Arab Club and Club Fahaheel and Al Qadisiya and Kazma Club of Kuwait and Al Nasr and Al-Yarmouk, and is considered a club Qadisiyah and Arabic are the two clubs the most popular and have been and continue to arch-rivals, Club followed by Kuwait and then Kazma, and the Arab Club is granted the most titles, but on the one hand points to the superiority Valgelbp Qadsia where he managed to win the Cup the year of excellence since its inception in 1973 until the present time without interruption
Comes in second place after the football game handball, which got off to Kuwait Handball Championship five times Asian Men's Handball Championship and qualified for the World Handball Championship 7 times first in 1982. The individual share of games, and that these games check to Kuwait a lot of sporting achievements to get medals at the Olympics.
For the construction of the sports game of football is Jaber Al-Ahmed International Stadium is the latest and greatest, which is not officially opened yet, Ista, a number of 60 000 spectators.
Holidays and events that are disrupted by the official circles, is considered an official holiday for all citizens
Of the major feasts and celebrations disrupted by the Chambers formal and informal are: Christmas Hla Veraer!!!
25 & 26 February each year
External links
Kuwait e-gate
Official Website of the Amiri Diwan Kuwait
The official site of Crown Prince's Court
The Official Website of the Office of the Prime Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait
The official site of the Kuwait International Airport
The official site of the Kuwait Municipality
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