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Kuwait Info

ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL: Kuwait City

GEOGRAPHY

Kuwait is located in Middle East bordering the Persian Gulf, Between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, The country has a coast line of 499km's and the land area is close to 17820km².

DEMOGRAPHY

A population of close to 2.7 Million. Muslims account for about 95% of the population.

CLIMATE

Most of Kuwait is dominated by Desert the highest Average temperature recorded on year is close to 32.1°C and the lowest yearly average is close to 18.3°C.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

Arabic is the official language.

LOCAL TIME

GMT+3 hrs throughout the year

BUSINESS HOURS

Government : 7.00 AM to 02.30 PM
General : 8.30 AM to 01.00 PM & 04.00 PM to 8.00PM
Working Days are Sat-Wed

HOLIDAYS
New Years Day: January 1st
National Day : February 25th
Liberation Day : February 26th
Christmas: December 25th

Based on the lunar calandar:
Id-ul-Fitr
Id-ul-Adha
Prophets Birthday
Islamic New Year

CURRENCY

Kuwaiti Dinar

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS

Police/Medical/Fire: 112