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.

Fus’ha → usedInCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

Salam → usedInCountry → Kuwait ⓘ

bin Abdullah → usedInCountry → Kuwait ⓘ