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 Kuwait City, industrial and port areas such as Shuwaikh Port and Doha Port, and several offshore islands.
- Type: State with 511,000 residents
- Description: governorate of Kuwait
- Also known as: “Al ‘Āşimah”, “Al ‘Āşimah Governorate”, “Al Asima”, “Al Asimah”, “Al Asimos gubernija”, “Al Kuvajt”, “al Kuwait”, “Al Kuwayt”, “al-Asima”, “al-Kuwait”, “al-Kuwayt”, “Capital”, “El Asime”, “El Asime ili”, “Governorate of Metropolis”, “Guvernat glavnega mesta”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al ‘Āşimah”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al Kuwayt”, “Muhafazat al-Asima”, “Столичная мухафаза”, “Էլ Ասիմա”, “Էլ Ասիմահ”, “العاصمه الكويت”, “محافظه العاصمه الكويت”, “알아시마주”, and “クウェート県”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kuwait Sports Club Stadium.
Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Ahmadalshami, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuwait City and Yarmouk.
Capital Governorate
- Categories: governorate of Kuwait and locality
- Location: Kuwait, Middle East, Asia
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Capital Governorate” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “አል አስiማ”
- Arabic: “محافظة العاصمة”
- Arabic: “مُحَافَظَة اَلْعَاصِمَة”
- Armenian: “Ալ Ասիմա”
- Asturian: “Al Asimah”
- Azerbaijani: “Əl-Əsimə”
- Bengali: “আল আসিমা”
- 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”
- German: “Al Asimah”
- German: “Gouvernement al-Asima”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Πρωτεύουσας”
- Hausa: “Al Asimah”
- Hungarian: “Főváros kormányzóság (Kuvait)”
- Hungarian: “Főváros kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Al-Asimah”
- Italian: “Governatorato della Capitale”
- Japanese: “アースィマ県”
- Japanese: “アル・アースィマ”
- Javanese: “Al Asimah”
- Kazakh: “Әл-Асима”
- Kirghiz: “Әл-Асима”
- Korean: “수도주”
- Lithuanian: “Al Asimos muchafaza”
- Lithuanian: “Asimos muchafaza”
- Malay: “Al Asimah”
- 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”
- Oromo: “Al Asimah”
- Panjabi: “ਅਲ ਆਸਿਮਾ”
- Persian: “استان عاصمه”
- Persian: “العاصمة”
- Polish: “Al-Asima”
- Polish: “Prowincja Stołeczna”
- Portuguese: “Al Asimah”
- Pushto: “العاصمة”
- Russian: “Асама”
- Russian: “Эль-Асима”
- Scots: “Al Asimah Govrenorate”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Al Asima”
- Somali: “Al Asimah”
- South Azerbaijani: “عاصمه اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Al Asimah”
- Spanish: “Gobernación Capital”
- Swahili: “Al Asimah”
- Swedish: “Huvudstadsprovinsen, Kuwait”
- Swedish: “Huvudstadsprovinsen”
- Tajik: “Әл-Асима”
- Tamil: “தலைநகர ஆளுநரகம், குவைத்து”
- Tamil: “தலைநகர ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tatar: “Әл-Асима”
- Turkish: “Asime”
- Turkish: “El Asime Valiliği”
- Urdu: “محافظہ العاصمہ (کویت)”
- Urdu: “محافظہ العاصمہ”
- Uzbek: “Al Asimah”
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