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  2. Outline of Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    The location of Kuwait An enlargeable map of the State of Kuwait. Kuwait is a sovereign emirate located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in Southwest Asia and the Middle East. [1] Kuwait is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west. The name of Kuwait is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning "fortress built near water."

  3. Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    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 . [ 14 ]

  4. Areas of Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    A historic island. Its name comes from Greek φυλάκιο(ν) - fylakio(n) 'outpost'. Used to be inhabited until the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Birthplace of Fēliča (sub)dialect of Kuwaiti Arabic. Granada: غرناطة Ġirnāṭa 3: 8,752: It was named after the city of Granada in Spain.

  5. List of country outlines - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of outlines of present-day nations, states, and dependencies. Countries are listed in bold under their respective pages, whereas territories and dependencies are not. Disputed and unrecognized countries are italicized.

  6. Portal:Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Kuwait forms new government headed by Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah

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    The new government comes shortly after the emir dissolved parliament indefinitely on Friday, after a prolonged period of bickering between the government and the elected parliament.

  8. List of countries and territories by the United Nations ...

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    This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...

  9. List of country groupings - Wikipedia

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    This also has an impact on the Eurovision Song Contest, when these countries added to Spain, are turned the BIG 5. BIMSTEC, a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia around the Bay of Bengal to promote technological and economic co-operation, which includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.