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: governorate of Kuwait with 307,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Kuwait
  • Also known as: Al Jahrā’”, “Al Jahrāʼ”, “Jahra Governorate”, “Muhafazat al Jahra‘”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at al Jahrah
  • Neighbors:

Al Jahra Governorate

Latitude
29.5° or 29° 30′ north
Longitude
47.5° or 47° 30′ east
Population
307,000
Elevation
139 metres (456 feet)
Open location code
7HX9GG22+22
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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