Kuwait

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country in Western Asia sovereign state

Kuwait is a small, oil-rich Gulf nation on the Arabian Peninsula known for its modern capital Kuwait City, significant expatriate workforce, and strategic geopolitical importance.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
State of Kuwait 23
Kuwait British protectorate 1
دولة الكويت 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country in Western Asia ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
bordersCountry Iraq ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
callingCode +965 ⓘ
capital Kuwait City ⓘ
climate arid desert climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
currency Kuwaiti dinar ⓘ
demonym Kuwaiti ⓘ
drivesOn right ⓘ
economicCharacteristic oil-rich economy ⓘ
foundingMemberOf Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ
geopoliticalImportance strategic location on the Persian Gulf ⓘ
governmentType unitary constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasCity Al Ahmadi ⓘ
Farwaniya ⓘ
Hawalli ⓘ
Jahra ⓘ
Kuwait City ⓘ
Mubarak Al-Kabeer ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Persian Gulf ⓘ
hasNaturalResource crude oil ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
hasSignificantIndustry oil production ⓘ
petrochemicals ⓘ
petroleum refining ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Emir ⓘ
independenceDate 1961-06-19 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 KW ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3 KWT ⓘ
legislature National Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Eastern Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Gulf region

Middle East ⓘ
memberOf Arab League ⓘ
Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

OPEC ⓘ
surface form: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

United Nations ⓘ
nationalEmblem emblem of Kuwait ⓘ
nationalFlag flag of Kuwait ⓘ
nationalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
timeZone UTC+03:00 ⓘ
UNRegion Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
usesLegalSystem Islamic law influences ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
workforceCharacteristic large expatriate population ⓘ

Referenced by (153)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuwait Army → allegiance → Kuwait ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of Kuwait
this entity surface form: State of Kuwait
Gulf War → belligerent → Kuwait ⓘ
Iraq → borderCountry → Kuwait ⓘ
Saudi Arabia → borderCountry → Kuwait ⓘ
Persian Gulf → borderedBy → Kuwait ⓘ
Kuwait City → capitalOf → Kuwait ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of Kuwait
Asia → containsCountry → Kuwait ⓘ
Al Hamra Tower → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Arabian Desert → country → Kuwait ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of Kuwait
Hawalli → country → Kuwait ⓘ
KWT → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Kuwait Air Force → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Kuwait Army → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Kuwait City → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Kuwait Towers → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Kuwait University → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Kuwaiti dinar → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Liberation Tower → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Mubarak Al-Kabeer → country → Kuwait ⓘ
subject surface form: Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate
National Assembly → country → Kuwait ⓘ
subject surface form: National Assembly (Kuwait)
this entity surface form: State of Kuwait
Port of Shuaiba → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Port of Shuwaikh → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Seif Palace → country → Kuwait ⓘ
Souq Al-Mubarakiya → country → Kuwait ⓘ
emblem of Kuwait → country → Kuwait ⓘ
flag of Kuwait → country → Kuwait ⓘ
CAPTOR-M → countryOfUse → Kuwait ⓘ