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Capital Governorate

The Asimah Governorate or Capital Governorate, sometimes referred to as Al Kuwayt, is one of the six governorates of Kuwait. It comprises the historic core of , industrial and port areas such as and Doha Port, and several offshore islands.
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  • Type: State with 511,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Kuwait
  • Also known as: “Al ‘Āşimah”, “Al ‘Āşimah Governorate”, “Al Asimah”, “Al Asimah Governorate”, “al Kuwait”, “Al Kuwayt”, “al-Kuwayt”, “Capital”, “Governorate of Metropolis”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al ‘Āşimah”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at al Kuwayt”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kuwait Sports Club Stadium.

Stadium
Photo: Ahmadalshami, Public domain.
is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Al Kuwait Kaifan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kuwait City and Yarmouk.

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is the capital of . is a bustling metropolis of high-rise office buildings, luxury hotels, wide boulevards and well-tended parks and gardens.

Suburb
is an area of in the Al Asimah Governorate in . Divided into four blocks, its main dwellers have moved to the area from Al-Faiha as their families grew.

Suburb
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Ardiya is an area of . It is located in the governorate of near . The population was 65,850 in June 2024. , Kuwait's largest stadium, is located in .

Capital Governorate

Latitude
29.3512° or 29° 21′ 4″ north
Longitude
47.8881° or 47° 53′ 17″ east
Population
511,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7HX99V2Q+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13358115911
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
285788
Wiki­data ID
Q1046645
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Capital Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العاصمه الكويت”
  • Arabic: “محافظة العاصمة في الكويت”
  • Arabic: “محافظة العاصمة”
  • Arabic: “مُحَافَظَة اَلْعَاصِمَة”
  • Arabic: “محافظه العاصمه الكويت”
  • Armenian: “Ալ Ասիմա”
  • Armenian: “Էլ Ասիմա”
  • Armenian: “Էլ Ասիմահ”
  • Asturian: “Al Asimah”
  • Bengali: “রাজধানী গভর্নরেট (কুয়েত)”
  • Bengali: “রাজধানী গভর্নরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал-Асима”
  • Cebuano: “Al Asimah Governorate”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای عاسیمە”
  • Chinese: “科威特省”
  • Chinese: “首都省”
  • Croatian: “Al Asimah”
  • Dutch: “Al-Asimah”
  • French: “Al Asimah”
  • French: “Al-Asimah”
  • German: “al-Asima”
  • German: “al-Kuwait”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Asima”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Πρωτεύουσας”
  • Hungarian: “Főváros kormányzóság (Kuvait)”
  • Hungarian: “Főváros kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Al-Asimah”
  • Italian: “Governatorato della Capitale”
  • Japanese: “アースィマ県”
  • Japanese: “クウェート県”
  • Korean: “수도주”
  • Korean: “알아시마주”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Asimos gubernija”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Asimos muchafaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Asimos muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Al-Asimah”
  • Marathi: “अल असिमाह गव्हर्नरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “عاصمه (اوستان)”
  • Mazanderani: “عاصمه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Asimah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Asimah guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Al Asimah”
  • Persian: “استان عاصمه”
  • Polish: “Al-Asima”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Stołeczna”
  • Portuguese: “Al Asimah”
  • Russian: “Асама”
  • Russian: “Столичная мухафаза”
  • Russian: “Эль-Асима”
  • Scots: “Al Asimah Govrenorate”
  • Slovenian: “Al Asima”
  • Slovenian: “Al Kuvajt”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Al Asima”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat glavnega mesta”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عاصمه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Al Asimah”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación Capital”
  • Swedish: “al-Asima”
  • Swedish: “al-Kuwait”
  • Swedish: “al-Kuwayt”
  • Swedish: “Huvudstadsprovinsen, Kuwait”
  • Swedish: “Huvudstadsprovinsen”
  • Swedish: “Muhafazat al-Asima”
  • Tamil: “தலைநகர ஆளுநரகம், குவைத்து”
  • Tamil: “தலைநகர ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Turkish: “Al Asimah”
  • Turkish: “Asime”
  • Turkish: “El Asime ili”
  • Turkish: “El Asime Valiliği”
  • Turkish: “El Asime”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ العاصمہ (کویت)”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ العاصمہ”

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