![]() Kuwait National Assembly in Kuwait City, the building was designed by the Danish architect Jørn Utzon. Imports - commodities: Food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing. Industries: Petroleum, petrochemicals, desalination, food processing, constructionĮxports - commodities: Oil and petroleum products, fertilizers.Įxports - partners: South Korea 18.3%, China 17.4%, Japan 11.5%, India 11.2%, Singapore 6.3%, US 5.7% (2017) ![]() Natural resources: Petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas.Īgriculture products: Some farming in Wafra and Abdali fish. Religion: Islam 85% (most Kuwaiti citizens are Muslims).Īrabic (official) English widely spoken. Population: 4.5 million, including non-Kuwaiti citizens (2020).Įthnic groups: Kuwaitis 1 million (30% of total), Arab, South Asian, Iranian, Southeast Terrain: Flat sandy desert no rivers or mountains.Ĭlimate: Intensely hot and dry in summers short, cool winters with limited Location: Middle East, in the northwestern corner of the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf). Type: Constitutional Hereditary Amirate (Constitutional monarchy)Ĭonstitution: approved and promulgated 11 November 1962. The Arab states of the Persian Gulf, also known as the Gulf States, are Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Kuwait has spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91. Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, an international coalition of 30 states, led by the United States, began a ground assault on 23 February 1991 that completely liberated Kuwait in four days. Many Kuwaitis were forced to flee to Saudi Arabia and other countries. ![]() Kuwait's sovereignty was critically threatened when Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait on 2 August 1990, claiming that Kuwait was harming Iraq economically by refusing to reduce its oil production. On 19 June 1961, Kuwait gained full independence from Britain, and in 1963 it became a member of the United Nations. In the mid-1930s, Kuwait began the development of its petroleum industry, the basis of the country's modern prosperity. The treaty established Kuwait as an autonomous British protectorate with a semi-autonomous status for the country. On 23 November 1899, Sheikh Mubarak signed the Anglo-Kuwaiti Treaty with Great Britain. Nominally a province of the Ottoman Empire ruled from Constantinople (todays Istanbul) from theġ6th century until the latter part of the 19th century. ![]()
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