Rumaithiya

Rumaithiya is a mainly-residential area in Hawalli governorate and a suburb of . It is divided into twelve blocks. The population of Rumaithiya was 58,127, according to the June 2023 estimate by the Public Authority for Civil Information.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality with 58,100 residents
  • Description: Residential area in Kuwait
  • Also known as: “Al-Rumaithiya”, “Ar Rumaythiyah”, and “Rumaytheeyah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thamir Stadium and New English School.

Stadium
Photo: Steve & Jem Copley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in Al Salmiya, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Al Salmiya Club. The stadium holds 16,105 people. is situated 3½ km northeast of Rumaithiya.

School
The , founded in 1969 by Tareq Rajab, is a co-educational British curriculum, English medium, in , Kuwait, which caters for children between the ages of 3½ and 19.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawalli and Salmiya.

Hawally is the capital of the Governorate, a district in the State of , about 6 km south of . Hawally is a large suburb and the commercial center for most computer-related goods in Kuwait.

Suburb
Photo: Steve & Jem Copley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area in in . is administratively divided into 12 blocks. The blocks located closer to the interior of the district tend to be mostly residential, while those located beside the Persian Gulf coastline have a great deal of commercial and up-scale residential real estate.

Suburb
Photo: Ahmednh, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is in an area in in . It is a large, mainly residential area that borders , Hawalli, and Bayan. On 31 December 2007, 's population was estimated to be 66,056. is situated 4 km west of Rumaithiya.

Rumaithiya

Latitude
29.3117° or 29° 18′ 42″ north
Longitude
48.0742° or 48° 4′ 27″ east
Population
58,100
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KW RUM
Open location code
7HXC836F+MM
Geo­Names ID
285726
Wiki­data ID
Q4116014
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Rumaithiya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الرميثية”
  • Arabic: “اَلرُّمَيْثِيَّة”
  • Arabic: “الرميثيه”
  • Arabic: “رميثية”
  • Arabic: “منطقة الرميثية”
  • Cebuano: “Ar Rumaythīyah”
  • Chinese: “鲁迈提亚”
  • Mazanderani: “الرمیثیه”
  • Persian: “الرمیثیه”
  • Spanish: “Rumaithiya”
  • Swedish: “al-Rumaythiyya”
  • Swedish: “Al-Rumaythiyya”
  • Swedish: “ar-Rumaythiyya”
  • Urdu: “رمیثیہ”

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