Kuwait

E14370

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.

Operation Granby → location → Kuwait ⓘ

Operation Telic → logisticsHub → Kuwait ⓘ

Maliki school → mainRegion → Kuwait ⓘ

Pakistani diaspora → majorDestinationCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

GCC Common Market → memberEntity → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

GCC Customs Union → memberState → Kuwait ⓘ

Gulf Cooperation Council → memberState → Kuwait ⓘ

GCC → memberState → Kuwait ⓘ

subject surface form: Gulf Cooperation Council

OPEC → memberState → Kuwait ⓘ

emblem of Kuwait → nationalSymbolOf → Kuwait ⓘ

Arab Spring → notableCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

Samsung Engineering → notableMarket → Kuwait ⓘ

Arabia Standard Time → observedInCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

Kuwaiti dinar → officialCurrencyOf → Kuwait ⓘ

Arabic → officialLanguageOf → Kuwait ⓘ

Modern Standard Arabic → officialStatusIn → Kuwait ⓘ

Careem → operatesInCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

Warrior infantry fighting vehicle → operator → Kuwait ⓘ

Seif Palace → ownedBy → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Kuwait Governorate of Al Asimah → partOf → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Mubarak Al-Kabeer → partOf → Kuwait ⓘ

subject surface form: Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate

Operation Provide Comfort → participant → Kuwait ⓘ

Charter of the Gulf Cooperation Council → party → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed → placeOfBirth → Kuwait ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Kuwait ⓘ

Gulf War → primaryTheater → Kuwait ⓘ

UN Security Council Resolution 678 → regionConcerned → Kuwait ⓘ

Central Bank of Kuwait → regionServed → Kuwait ⓘ

Port of Shuwaikh → regionServed → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre → regionServed → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

UN Security Council Resolution 677 → relatedTo → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

KWT → represents → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Arabian Gulf University → serves → Kuwait ⓘ

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean → servesCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

The Names → setIn → Kuwait ⓘ

Teavana → soldIn → Kuwait ⓘ

Gulf Arabic → spokenIn → Kuwait ⓘ

Telugu → spokenIn → Kuwait ⓘ

Mesopotamian Arabic → spokenInCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

Yom Kippur War → supportedBy → Kuwait ⓘ

Six-Day War → supporter → Kuwait ⓘ

Arabian Plate → underlies → Kuwait ⓘ

AN/MPQ-53 radar → usedBy → Kuwait ⓘ

Honeywell AGT1500 → usedBy → Kuwait ⓘ

PAC-3 MSE (Missile Segment Enhancement) → usedBy → Kuwait ⓘ

subject surface form: PAC-3 MSE

Patriot missile system → usedBy → Kuwait ⓘ

emblem of Kuwait → usedBy → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Kuwaiti dinar → usedIn → Kuwait ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Kuwait

Amr → usedInCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

FET → usedInCountry → Kuwait ⓘ