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Kuwait

Capital: Kuwait City

  • Kuwait covers about 17,818 square kilometres and has a coastline of about 500 kilometres on the Persian Gulf, at the northeastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula.
  • In Kuwait City, average summer highs stay above 45 degrees Celsius for about three months. During heat waves, daytime temperatures can pass 50 degrees.
  • Failaka Island has Dilmun-era remains from about 2000 BC, when Mesopotamian traders settled there. Excavators found about 50 cylinder seals and 400 stamp seals.
  • The Kuwait Towers, completed in 1976, include a 187-metre tower. Its spheres are covered by about 41,000 enamelled steel discs in blue, green and grey.

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