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Al Jahra Governorate

Jahra Governorate is one of the six governorates of . It is the largest Governorate in Kuwait accounting for 63 percent of its land area. It includes the town of , most of the northern and western parts of Kuwait, several islands. and also western districts of .
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  • Type: State with 307,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Kuwait
  • Also known as: “Al Jahrā’”, “Al Jahrāʼ”, “Jahra”, “Jahra Governorate”, “Muhafazat al Jahra‘”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at al Jahrah”
  • Neighbors:

Al Jahra Governorate

Latitude
29.5205° or 29° 31′ 14″ north
Longitude
47.3062° or 47° 18′ 22″ east
Population
307,000
Elevation
139 metres (456 feet)
Open location code
7HX9G8C4+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13358115914
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
285798
Wiki­data ID
Q405701
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al Jahra Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجهراء”
  • Arabic: “الجهراء|”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الجهراء”
  • Arabic: “مُحَافَظَة الجَهْرَاء”
  • Arabic: “محافظه الجهراء”
  • Armenian: “Էլ Ջահրա”
  • Asturian: “Al Jahra”
  • Bengali: “জাহরা গভর্নরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал-Джахра”
  • Bulgarian: “Джахра”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Al Jahra”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Jahrā‘”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Jahrā’”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای جەھرا”
  • Chinese: “傑赫拉省”
  • Chinese: “杰赫拉省”
  • Chinese: “贾哈拉省”
  • Croatian: “Al Jahra”
  • Dutch: “Jahra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظه الجهراء”
  • French: “Al Jahra”
  • German: “Al-Dschahra”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Dschahra”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsahrá kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Al-Jahra”
  • Italian: “Al-Jahra”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di al-Jahra”
  • Japanese: “ジャハラー県”
  • Korean: “알자라주”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Džahros gubernija”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Džahros muchafaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Jahra”
  • Lithuanian: “Džahros muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Jahra”
  • Mazanderani: “جهراء (اوستان)”
  • Mazanderani: “جهراء”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jahra guvernement”
  • Persian: “استان جهرا”
  • Persian: “جهرا”
  • Persian: “جهراء”
  • Polish: “Al-Dżahra”
  • Portuguese: “Al Jahra”
  • Russian: “Джахра”
  • Russian: “Эль-Джахра”
  • Scots: “Al Jahra Govrenorate”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Al Džahra”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جهرا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Yahra”
  • Spanish: “Yahra”
  • Swedish: “al-Jahra”
  • Swedish: “Al-Jahra”
  • Swedish: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Jahrā‘”
  • Tamil: “அச்சகுரா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “அல் ஜஹ்ரா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “அல் ஜஹ்ரா கவர்னரேட்”
  • Turkish: “Cehrâ”
  • Turkish: “El Cehrâ”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ جہراء”

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