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Kuwait: Kuwait Finder app, by the government of Kuwait, provides street view for most of the country. Malaysia: Urban Explorer, a Malaysian company provides paid services for 3D street view services throughout Malaysia. Also provides 3D indoor mapping services.
Kuwait, [a] officially the State of Kuwait, [b] is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. [15]
Map of the Areas of Kuwait. Each area in Kuwait has an official governmental facility called a co-op society or just society (Arabic: جمعية). They are mainly supermarkets that provide foods and products and they take part in maintaining some of the areas landmarks, but they're not legally obliged to. They have elected members who manage them.
It was named after Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 10th ruler of Kuwait. Asimah Governorate: KW-KU 1962 568,567 175 It houses most of Kuwait's financial and business centres such as the Kuwait Stock Exchange. Farwaniya Governorate: KW-FA 1988 1,169,312 204 It is the most populated governorate. Hawalli Governorate: KW-HA 1962 939,792 85
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This is a list of islands of Kuwait. Kuwait has ten islands (including one former island). They are indicated on the NASA satellite image and listed in the table in order from north to south:
Like most other Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait is an emirate; the emir is the head of state and the ruling Al Sabah family dominates the country's political system. Kuwait's official state religion is Islam, specifically the Maliki school of Sunni Islam. Kuwait is a high-income economy, backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves.
Kuwait was the first country in the world to use desalination to supply water for large-scale domestic use. The history of desalination in Kuwait dates back to 1951 when the first distillation plant was commissioned. [28] Kuwait's fresh water resources are limited to groundwater, desalinated seawater, and treated wastewater effluents. [28]