KUWAIT

Kuwait

Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is an Arab country in Western Asia. Situated in the northeastern edge of the Arabian peninsula at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. The name "Kuwait" is the diminutive of Arabic kūt, meaning "fortress". The country covers an area of 17,820 square kilometers and has a population of 2.6 million as of 2012.

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