| State of Kuwait دولة الكويت Timeline: Nihon no heiwa | ||||||
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| Anthem: an-Nashīd al-Waṭani National Anthem |
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 Kuwait (green)
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| Capital | Kuwait City | |||||
| Official languages | Arabic | |||||
| Demonym | Kuwaiti | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | Emir | Abdulaziz Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | ||||
| - | Crown Prince | Yousef Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah | ||||
| - | Speaker of the National Assembly | Ahmed Al-Sadoun | ||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
| Independence from the United Kingdom | ||||||
| - | Granted | 19 June 1961 | ||||
| - | Admitted to the United Nations | 14 May 1963 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2022 estimate | 4,329,480 | ||||
| Currency | Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) |
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| Drives on the | right | |||||
Kuwait (Arabic: الكويت), officially the State of Kuwait (Arabic: دولة الكويت), is a country located in Western Asia. It shares borders with Iraq to the north; South Iran to the northeast; Nejd and Hasa to the south; and Jabal Shammar to the east.