Top 10 Amazing Facts About Kuwait
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Welcome to Countries Facts Today I would talking about top 10 interesting facts about Kuwait 70% of Kuwait s population comprises of expats who eight is a Western Asian nation at the tip of the Persian Gulf with a population of around 4.5 million an oil-rich country who eight is associated with many fascinating facts as mentioned below one expatriates constitute 70% of Kuwait's population are a minority in their home country while expats make up most of the country's population most of the expats of Kuwait however live in Kuwait.
1 Kuwait City where they are employed in various sectors of the economy and Indians constitute the largest expat community in Kuwait most Indians hailed from the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala thus to AIDS has 17 Indian schools and 164 Indian community associations to cater to the needs of Indians living in the country Egyptians make up the second-biggest nexpaq community in Pakistanis Syrians Iranians Palestinians Filipinos and Turks are also present in the country in significant.
2 Kuwait has the world's sixth largest oil reserve who eight holds 8% of the world's oil reserves it has the world's sixth largest oil reserve it claims to hold about 104 billion barrels of oil with most of it seventy billion barrels being located in the Bergenfield.
3 The Kuwaiti dinar is the world's highest valued currency the Kuwaiti dinar is the currency of Kuwait it is subdivided into 1000 fills as of October 2019 it is the world's highest valued currency unit for face value the dinar was introduced in 1960 in Kuwait and initially had a value of fiddlin to one pound sterling it replaced the former currency the Gulf rupee for a short period during a rax invasion of Kuwait that Kuwaiti dinar was replaced by the Iraqi diamond after the invading forces were driven out the country's currency was once more restored a loss of banknotes was stolen by the Iraqis during the invasion the Kuwaiti government demonetised the currency to render the stolen notes useless and introduced a new series of banknotes.
4 It has the largest Opera House in the Middle East the Jay ACC or sheikh jaber al armored cultural center is an opera house and a cultural center located in Kuwait City it is the largest of its kind in the Middle East it was founded by a mere EDA wan to entertain and educate the QA teas the venue hosts libraries cinemas exhibition halls concert halls theaters etc the entire complex has an area of 214 thousand square meters.
5 The name Kuwait means fort Kuwait is derived from an Arabic word meaning fort until the 18th century Kuwait's hardly had any settlements but the area was visited by nomads who would come and go however when drought struck the desert area that the nomads depended on for the survival they started settling down near the coast of the Persian Gulf in what is today - 8th they fortified settlements in the area from where the name Kuwait was derived.
6 Kuwait has a rich music scene several popular musical genres in the Arab world were born in Kuwait one example is sort a complex form of urban music originally myrrh was a drum and UD a plucked flutes were used to play this music later a violin was used to supplement the arrangement the music is accompanied by a dance performed by two men the performance of sort is usually held during the night among gatherings of men various music festivals like the International Music Festival organized by NCC al are held in the country.
7 The world's second-largest sandstone oil field is in Kuwait the Bergen field in southeastern 2/8 is the world's largest sandstone oil field overall it is the second largest oil field globally after the garlotte field in Saudi Arabia located in the desert this field together with the smaller are madee and magma fields make up the Greater Bergen oil field the Persian Gulf near which the oil field is located played an important role in the creation of this oil reservoir millions of years back.
8 It is one of the world's fattest countries who eight has a large population of obese individuals approximately 42.8% a large section of the population has crossed the overweighed mark it is the most overweight country in the Middle East and one of the world's most obese ones the obesity rates in the country are expected to grow by 60 percent by 2020 according to reports she weights fast food industry and sedentary lifestyle of a large section of its residents are to blame for the epidemic.
9 sadhu weaving is an important traditional craft in kuwait al sadhu is an ancient craft of tribal weaving practiced by the nomads of Arabia the craft portrays the traditional tribal lifestyle of the people in the form of geometric and figurative symbols and patterns camel is prominently featured in such a craft in Kuwait there are two primary settings for how to do the home of the nomadic Bedouin and the desert visitors to Kuwait City and learn about the history of this ancient craft of the shower house near the Kuwait National Museum it was founded in 1980 to protect the ethnic handicrafts of the Bedouin.
10 She waits proposed burj Mubarak al Kabeer to be the world's tallest the burj Mubarak al Kabeer is a proposed skyscraper in the future city of madinat al Hara the tower is planned to be 1001 meters tall to reflect the popular Arabian folk tale collection of 1001 Arabian Nights the construction of this tower is expected to be completed by 2030 if no other taller building is erected by then this tower will be the world's tallest on the date of its completion these are some of the interesting facts that you might consider to visit Kuwait.
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