Is the capital of the State of Kuwait and its largest city. Located at the head of Ajuzh and Ras white on the Arabian Gulf, and for it to the north Kuwait Bay, and the most important regions Salmiya in the south, and Shuwaikh in the West and Shuwaikh Port is the port of Kuwait basic, and most important ports Gulf and there Mina Abdullah and Shuaiba, where rich oil fields, and the coefficient refined and exported, and where there is almost four. Thirty factories and production company, and a laboratory for water purification and desalination and pumping. And to the east of Kuwait is the tourist island of Failaka, where there are few effects including the head of Alexander the Greek statue of Aphrodite. And the evolving international airport linking the various capitals of the world.
Renaissance in Kuwait:
Kuwait capital arising sophisticated. I knew prosperity since that where oil was discovered in 1934.
The construction boom, and the streets of large gardens and spacious, and the homes of money and banks and insurance companies, universities and institutes and schools, and most important of Kuwait National University, which includes the various branches, departments and disciplines and come to students from several countries. The Kuwait National Institute of Applied Technology, and Commercial Institute, and Industrial Institute, and Institute of Health for girls, and the Institute of Education for teachers.
Industry:
List of the most important industries in Kuwait industries Alpetrokimaaúah. The refines oil and the production of gasoline, kerosene, gas oil and gasoline. And chemical industries and is the plastics industry, detergents, and food industries, and metal, and the building materials industry to differ.
Features:
Kuwait's landmarks outstanding water tanks, known as towers, which is based on the latest methods of engineering and architecture. I have used in these towers fifty tons of aluminum vacuum.
They are supported by bridges internal and the number of towers three: the smaller the lighting, East in the middle ball used reservoir water, and the largest and height 187 meters and peppered balls, the lower is the largest balls used half the upper as a restaurant and lounge for a break, and half lower reservoir water.
The upper ball where smallest balls and rotary break. And three balls covered from the outside coated tablets with three layers of colored enamel. The numbering thirty thousand disk in seven different colors between blue, green and gray, and three diameters length of 40, 30 and 23 cm. And the Kuwait National Museum rich with antiques and antiquities.
It also has a center of Islamic Medicine, one of the latest medical centers in the world for the treatment of medicines derived from plants.
Among the most prominent landmarks Kuwait markets ancient and most important internal market which includes shops blacksmiths who provide traders ships all Building Supplies, and market Aljt to sell perfume, market Safat, and market harem where saleswomen who Itagern costumed popular folk made from pieces of cloth embroidered, and sarongs, and supplies natural cosmetics henna and Alderm, which is the bark of trees dying lips.
The most important mosques:
In Kuwait, a number of mosques and modern archaeological and most important mosque bishop, and the Mosque of Peregrine, and the Mosque of the big market, a mosque agonist, a mosque Sarhan, a mosque immortal with minaret-topped piriformis, and the Mosque of Caliph Mosque happy with minaret hull short, mosque Barak Aldemaq, and Grand Mosque, which was built in 1406 AH / 1986 AD. It is one of the most beautiful mosques in Kuwait, and an area of 45 thousand square meters, and the Pearl Mosque, and son Khamis Mosque.
It is worth mentioning that Kuwait was in the old, before the discovery of oil, one of the most important stations on trade by trade caravans between India and the West.
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