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KUWAIT Travel Guide

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Kuwait is located in western Asia in the northern edge of eastern Arabia and shares the borders of Iraq and Saudi Arabia .It is officially known as state of Kuwait where Wafrah and Chalets are common gateways for Kuwait’s and residents

IMPORTANT PLACES TO BE VISITED:

  • KUWAIT TOWERS:Kuwait tower is the world’s tourist landmark and even though it has three towers it is called Kuwait tower in singular. This tower is a combination of Islamic design and modern architectural themes and built with blue tiled mosques and slender minarets of Samarkand and Bukhara
  • AQUA PARK:Aqua Park was formed in 1995 and is considered as the first biggest Water Park in gulf .It is located in the Arab gulf street and covers an area of about 60,000 square meters. The park also includes other attractions like Aloha Lagoon, The Park Beach, Speed Zone, beach football, soap football, beach volleyball courts and paint ball
  • SEIF PALACE:Seif palace is known for royal family and it is an amazing tourist attraction place with display of Islamic architecture and the tile work in it has its own uniqueness. One of the amazing feature is that the tower is made of blue tiles and the top roofs are made of pure gold
  • MIRROR HOUSE:The whole structure is made of complete mirror works and which is of different shapes and colours. It enlightens the visitors because of its outstanding beauty and architect and has been featured in many local and international programs

FEATURES OF KUWAIT:

  • Kuwait is an sovereign emirate which is situated on the coast of Persian gulf and surrounded by Saudi Arabia in the south and Iraq in north and west
  • The country comprises of nine sovereign islands namely Auhha, Bubiyan, Failaka, Kubbar, Miskan, Umm Al-Maradim, Umm Al-Naml, Qaruh and Warba and out of which Bubiyan is the largest and most populous one
  • Kuwait spreads over an area of about 18,000 square kilometre and the majority of the portion is oil rich desert which is the reason for the country to have less species of native flowering plants
  • Official language of the country is Arabic and also English is widely spoken
  • The main groups of Kuwait are Kuwaiti and others are South Asian and Iranian and majority of the people follow Islam with other religions like Christian ,Hindu and Parsi
  • Kuwait city is the capital of the country and the currency is Kuwaiti Dinar
  • Islam is the main religion of the country and nearly 85 percents are muslim,70 percents are Sunni and 30 percents are Shias and also it has many tiny minority religions
  • Kuwait is an small country with an area of about 17,818 square kilometre which is smaller than the island nation of Fiji and it has about 500 kilometres of coastline along Persian gulf
  • Arabic is the official language and is used in business and the non-Kuwaiti population people speak Farsi which is the official language of Iran