KUWAIT

Name:	Kuwait (State of Kuwait)
Local name (Arabic):	(ﺖﻳﻮﻜﻟﺍ ﺔﻟﻭﺩ) ﺖﻳﻮﻜﻟﺍ
Bordering countries:	Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Status:	sovereign state
Surface:	17.8 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):	2 183 ths.
Capital:	Al Kuwait (ﺖﻳﻮﻜﻟﺍ)
Official language:	Arabic

Current national symbols

Historical symbols:

Emirate of Kuwait under Ottoman protectorate (1871-1914)

Emirate of Kuwait under British protectorate (1914-1961)

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