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.

GCC Consultative Authority → countryServed → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

GCC Ministerial Council → countryServed → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

GCC Patent Office → countryServed → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

GCC Secretariat General → countryServed → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Filipino → diasporaPresenceIn → Kuwait ⓘ

PAC-2 → exportedTo → Kuwait ⓘ

United Nations Compensation Commission → focusCountryVictim → Kuwait ⓘ

Kuwait Army → foundedBy → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

OPEC → foundingMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Euphrates → hasBasinCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

Operation Desert Storm → hasBelligerent → Kuwait ⓘ

Zaydi Shia → hasCommunityIn → Kuwait ⓘ

Arab world → hasCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

OPEC+ → hasKeyMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Arab Labor Organization → hasMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Arab League → hasMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Arab Monetary Fund → hasMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Arab Organization for Agricultural Development → hasMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Economic and Social Council of the Arab League → hasMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Islamic Development Bank → hasMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Peninsula Shield Force → hasMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Persian Gulf states → hasMember → Kuwait ⓘ

Persian Gulf states → hasMemberOfGCC → Kuwait ⓘ

Persian Gulf states → hasMemberOfOPEC → Kuwait ⓘ

GCC Supreme Council → hasMemberState → Kuwait ⓘ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Kuwait ⓘ

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia → hasMemberState → Kuwait ⓘ

Baghdad Conference → hasParticipant → Kuwait ⓘ

Operation Desert Storm → hasTheater → Kuwait ⓘ

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development → headquartersCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuwait British protectorate

Eastern Arabia → includes → Kuwait ⓘ

World Health Organization Member States → includes → Kuwait ⓘ

Greater Middle East → includesCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

Middle East → includesCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → includesCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

emblem of Kuwait → inscriptionText → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: دولة الكويت

emblem of Kuwait → inscriptionTranslation → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Iran–Iraq War → involvedCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

GCC common currency project → involves → Kuwait ⓘ

Kuwait City → isCulturalCenterOf → Kuwait ⓘ

Kuwait City → isEconomicCenterOf → Kuwait ⓘ

Kuwait City → isPoliticalCenterOf → Kuwait ⓘ

Central Bank of Kuwait → jurisdiction → Kuwait ⓘ

Kuwait City → largestCityOf → Kuwait ⓘ

Kuwaiti dinar → legalTenderIn → Kuwait ⓘ

Liberation Tower → locatedIn → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Mubarak Al-Kabeer → locatedIn → Kuwait ⓘ

subject surface form: Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Gulf War → location → Kuwait ⓘ