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Kuwait was the world's biggest exporter of sulfonated, nitrated and nitrosated hydrocarbons in 2019. [343] Kuwait was ranked 63rd out of 157 countries in the 2019 Economic Complexity Index (ECI). [343] In recent decades, Kuwait has enacted certain measures to regulate foreign labor due to security concerns.
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]
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."
Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 115 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 30.2° N; S: 28.4° N; W: 46.4° E; E: 48.8° E; Date: 24 August 2008: Source: own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; World Data Base II data; Author: NordNordWest
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KUWAIT (Reuters) -Foreign dignitaries arrived in the Gulf state of Kuwait to offer condolences for the death of emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who was buried earlier on Sunday. Sheikh Meshal ...
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Kuwait City (Arabic: مدينة الكويت, romanized: Madinat al-Kuwayt) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait.Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Arabian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Palace, government offices, and the headquarters of most Kuwaiti corporations and banks.