Cities

Kuwait City

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Kuwait City." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/kuwait-city.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Kuwait City. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/kuwait-city

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-kuwait-city,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Kuwait City},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/kuwait-city},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Kuwait City is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic primate city of the emirate, home to the headquarters of most Kuwaiti corporations and the entirety of its banking system.

Facts

Population

3,405,000 1

Area (sq km)

860 1

Founding Year

1752 1

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Latitude

29.36972 degrees north 1

Longitude

47.97833 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Kuwait

Kuwait City is Kuwait's capital.

Source Kuwait City (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Kuwait

Kuwait City is Kuwait's capital.

Source Kuwait City (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Kuwait City (Wikipedia)

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Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic primate city of the emirate, being home to the headquarters of most Kuwaiti corporations and the entirety of its banking system.

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1. Kuwait City (Wikipedia)

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