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State of Kuwait |
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Capital: |
Kuwait City |
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Region: |
Asia |
Subregion: |
Western Asia |
Area: |
17818 |
Population size: (2025-06-19 21:40) |
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KWT |
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CallingCode: |
+965 |
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International organizations: |
OIC |
Organization of Islamic Cooperation |
WTO |
world Trade organisation |
SSAGPZ |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
CAEU |
Council of Arab Economic Unity |
KWT |
A country, state, region... (116) |
Independent political entity (PCLI)
| 1 | First-order administrative division (ADM1)
(A primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States) | 6 | Second-order administrative division (ADM2)
(A subdivision of a first-order administrative division) | 109 | |
Stream, lake... (229) |
Marine channel (CHNM)
(That part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable) | 5 | Bay (BAY)
(A coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf) | 5 | Waterhole(s) (WTRH)
(A natural hole, hollow, or small depression that contains water, used by man and animals, especially in arid areas) | 58 | Well (WLL)
(A cylindrical hole, pit, or tunnel drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface) | 95 | Reef(s) (RF)
(A surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material) | 14 | Anchorage (ANCH)
(An area where vessels may anchor) | 1 | Harbor(s) (HBR)
(A haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships) | 2 | Wadi (WAD)
(A valley or ravine, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season becomes a watercourse; found primarily in North Africa and the Middle East) | 19 | Bight(s) (BGHT)
(An open body of water forming a slight recession in a coastline) | 2 | Shoal(s) (SHOL)
(A surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material) | 6 | Cove(s) (COVE)
(A small coastal indentation, smaller than a bay) | 4 | Sabkha(s) (SBKH)
(A salt flat or salt encrusted plain subject to periodic inundation from flooding or high tides) | 3 | Inlet (INLT)
(A narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water) | 3 | Tidal flat(s) (FLTT)
(A large flat area of mud or sand attached to the shore and alternately covered and uncovered by the tide) | 2 | Bank(s) (BNK)
(An elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation) | 1 | Wetland (WTLD)
(An area subject to inundation, usually characterized by bog, marsh, or swamp vegetation) | 2 | Intermittent lake (LKI)
| 2 | Ditch (DTCH)
(A small artificial watercourse dug for draining or irrigating the land) | 5 | |
Parks, area ... (142) |
Area (AREA)
(A tract of land without homogeneous character or boundaries) | 74 | Locality (LCTY)
(A minor area or place of unspecified or mixed character and indefinite boundaries) | 43 | Oilfield (OILF)
(An area containing a subterranean store of petroleum of economic value) | 22 | Tribal area (TRB)
(A tract of land used by nomadic or other tribes) | 1 | Port (PRT)
(A place provided with terminal and transfer facilities for loading and discharging waterborne cargo or passengers, usually located in a harbor) | 2 | |
City, village... (127) |
Populated place (PPL)
(A city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work) | 62 | Section of populated place (PPLX)
| 48 | Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLA)
(Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA)) | 5 | Populated locality (PPLL)
(An area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings) | 10 | Farm village (PPLF)
(A populated place where the population is largely engaged in agricultural activities) | 1 | Capital of a political entity (PPLC)
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Road, railroad (2) |
Road (RD)
(An open way with improved surface for transportation of animals, people and vehicles) | 2 | |
Spot, building, farm (227) |
Police post (PP)
(A building in which police are stationed) | 41 | Abandoned oil well (OILQ)
| 3 | Camp(s) (CMP)
(A site occupied by tents, huts, or other shelters for temporary use) | 2 | Border post (PSTB)
(A post or station at an international boundary for the regulation of movement of people and goods) | 2 | Tomb(s) (TMB)
(A structure for interring bodies) | 1 | Ruin(s) (RUIN)
(A destroyed or decayed structure which is no longer functional) | 4 | Fort (FT)
(A defensive structure or earthworks) | 1 | Cairn (CARN)
(A heap of stones erected as a landmark or for other purposes) | 4 | Oil pipeline terminal (TRMO)
(A tank farm or loading facility at the end of an oil pipeline) | 3 | Shrine (SHRN)
(A structure or place memorializing a person or religious concept) | 1 | Oil well (OILW)
(A well from which oil may be pumped) | 3 | Landing (LDNG)
(A place where boats receive or discharge passengers and freight, but lacking most port facilities) | 1 | Oil camp (CMPO)
(A camp used by oilfield workers) | 2 | House(s) (HSE)
(A building used as a human habitation) | 1 | Barracks (BRKS)
(A building for lodging military personnel) | 2 | Customs house (CSTM)
(A building in a port where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered and cleared) | 1 | Archaeological/prehistoric site (ANS)
(A place where archeological remains, old structures, or cultural artifacts are located) | 1 | Palace (PAL)
(A large stately house, often a royal or presidential residence) | 3 | Hospital (HSP)
(A building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated) | 2 | Abandoned police post (PPQ)
| 1 | Abandoned airfield (AIRQ)
| 4 | Heliport (AIRH)
(A place where helicopters land and take off) | 2 | Airbase (AIRB)
(An area used to store supplies, provide barracks for air force personnel, hangars and runways for aircraft, and from which operations are initiated) | 3 | Airport (AIRP)
(A place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 1 | Hotel (HTL)
(A building providing lodging and/or meals for the public) | 111 | Bridge (BDG)
(A structure erected across an obstacle such as a stream, road, etc., in order to carry roads, railroads, and pedestrians across) | 1 | Post office (PO)
(A public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed) | 1 | Tower (TOWR)
(A high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter) | 21 | Office building (BLDO)
(Commercial building where business and/or services are conducted) | 1 | Power station (PS)
(A facility for generating electric power) | 1 | Museum (MUS)
(A building where objects of permanent interest in one or more of the arts and sciences are preserved and exhibited) | 1 | Mosque (MSQE)
(A building for public Islamic worship) | 1 | |
Mountain, hill, rock... (160) |
Hill (HLL)
(A rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 49 | Point (PT)
(A tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape) | 13 | Escarpment (SCRP)
(A long line of cliffs or steep slopes separating level surfaces above and below) | 5 | Dune(s) (DUNE)
(A wave form, ridge or star shape feature composed of sand) | 7 | Spit (SPIT)
(A narrow, straight or curved continuation of a beach into a waterbody) | 1 | Island (ISL)
(A tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water) | 11 | Plain(s) (PLN)
(An extensive area of comparatively level to gently undulating land, lacking surface irregularities, and usually adjacent to a higher area) | 3 | Promontory(-ies) (PROM)
(A bluff or prominent hill overlooking or projecting into a lowland) | 2 | Hills (HLLS)
(Rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 17 | Sand area (SAND)
(A tract of land covered with sand) | 9 | Depression(s) (DPR)
(A low area surrounded by higher land and usually characterized by interior drainage) | 20 | Ridge(s) (RDGE)
(A long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest) | 8 | Spur(s) (SPUR)
(A subordinate ridge projecting outward from a hill, mountain or other elevation) | 3 | Cape (CAPE)
(A land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction) | 6 | Land-tied island (ISLT)
(A coastal island connected to the mainland by barrier beaches, levees or dikes) | 2 | Beach (BCH)
(A shore zone of coarse unconsolidated sediment that extends from the low-water line to the highest reach of storm waves) | 1 | Valley (VAL)
(An elongated depression usually traversed by a stream) | 1 | Peak (PK)
(A pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature) | 1 | Rock (RK)
(A conspicuous, isolated rocky mass) | 1 | |