GeoPointe - Kuwait

Official Name: State of Kuwait
Location: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Capital: Kuwait

Area:	total: 17,820 sq km
	land: 17,820 sq km
	water: 0 sq km

Lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
Highest point: unnamed location 306 m

Water Reservoirs Outside Kuwait City, Kuwait

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Population: 2,505,559 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Kuwaiti(s) Ethnic groups: Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7%. Religions: Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%. Languages: Arabic (official), English widely spoken.

Dry desert. Intensely hot summers. Short cool winters.

Government type: Nominal constitutional monarchy.
Independence: 19 June 1961 (from the United Kingdom).
National holiday: National Day, 25 February (1950).