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Salmiya (Arabic: السالمية, romanized: As-Sālmīya(h)) is an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait.. Salmiya is administratively divided into 12 blocks. The blocks located closer to the interior of the district tend to be mostly residential, while those located beside the Persian Gulf coastline have a great deal of commercial and up-scale residential real estate.
Hawalli Governorate (Arabic: محافظة حولي Muḥāfaẓat Ḥawalli) is one of the six governorates of Kuwait, consisting of the following areas: [2] Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah became governor in 1962. [3] A more recent governor of the Hawalli governorate is Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who later became prime minister.
Maidan Hawally is known as Block 11 in Salmiya, one of the 12 blocks in Salmiya. It is bordered in the north by the Arabian Gulf road (Road 25) with the seashore. It is bordered in the northwest by 1 Street and Cairo street (Road 35) with Block 8 in Shaab. It is bordered in the west by Road 30 with Block 6 in Hawally.
However, they are commonly known inside the English-speaking community in Kuwait and are officially translated to as areas. [1] [2] [3] The Arabic word for area, Mintaqah, means both area and region. [4] [5] Areas are further sub-divided into blocks, each of which is referred by a number. All blocks are divided into streets (Arabic: شارع ...
The settlement was first established in the 7th century around fresh water wells that were dug during Al-Ala al-Hadhrami's time in what is now Kuwait and later officially became a city in 1906 during Al Sabah's rule. The settlement's name come from the Arabic phrase "الحلو لي " meaning "the fresh [water] for me".
Jabriya (Arabic: الجابرية) is in an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait. It is a large, mainly residential area that borders Surra, Hawalli, Salmiya and Bayan. On 31 December 2007, Jabriya's population was estimated to be 66,056. [1] Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, one of the six
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
Rawda is located in eastern Kuwait, specifically in the region of the Arabian Desert. The area is characterized by a hot, dry desert climate throughout the year, as with the rest of the country. Temperatures in the summer range between 40 and 50 degrees Celsius during the day, and drop during the winter to reach 10 degrees Celsius during the night.