Al Farwaniyah

Farwaniya Governorate is the most populous of the six governorates of Kuwait, and is the country's only landlocked governorate. It is 's main residential area and also forms an important part of Kuwait's commercial activities.
  • Type: State with 1,250,000 residents
  • Description: one of Kuwait’s 6 governments
  • Also known as: “Al Farvanija”, “Al Farvanijos gubernija”, “Al Farwānīyah”, “Al-Farwaniya”, “El Fervaniye”, “El Fervaniye ili”, “Farwaniya”, “Farwānīya”, “Farwaniya Governorate”, “Farwaniyah”, “Muhafazat al Farwaniyah”, “Ал-Фарвания”, “محافظه الفروانيه”, “ファルアニア県”, and “法尔瓦尼亚省”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kuwait International Airport and Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium.

Aerodrome
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Farwaniyah and Ardhiya.

Suburb
Farwaniya is an area of Farwaniya Governorate, located…

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Suburb
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Al Farwaniyah

Latitude
29.2293° or 29° 13′ 46″ north
Longitude
47.9205° or 47° 55′ 14″ east
Population
1,250,000
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
7HX96WHC+P6
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Al Farwaniyah” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አል ፋርዋኒያ”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الفروانية”
  • Arabic: “مُحَافَظَة اَلْفَرْوَانِيَّة”
  • Armenian: “Էլ Ֆարվանիյահ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əl-Farvaniya”
  • Bengali: “আল ফারবানিয়াহ গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bengali: “ফারওয়ানিয়া গভর্নরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Фаруания”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Farwānīyah”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای فەروانیە”
  • Chinese: “費爾瓦尼耶省”
  • Chinese: “费尔瓦尼耶省”
  • Croatian: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Danish: “Al Farwaniyah Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Farwaniya”
  • Finnish: “Al Farwaniyahn kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • German: “Gouvernement Al Farwaniya”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Farwaniyya”
  • Greek: “Αλ Φαρβανιγιά Γκοβερνοράτε”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Φαρουανίγια”
  • Gujarati: “અલ ફરવાનિયાહ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Hindi: “अल फरवानिया गवर्नरेट”
  • Hungarian: “Farvánijja kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Al-Farwaniyah”
  • Italian: “Al-Farwaniyah”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di al-Farwaniyya”
  • Japanese: “ファルワーニーヤ県”
  • Javanese: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ ಫರ್ವಾನಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Әл-Фарванийа”
  • Kirghiz: “Әл-Фарванийа”
  • Korean: “알파르와니야주”
  • Latvian: “Farvānijas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Farvanijos muchafaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Farvanijos muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Al Farwaniyah Governorate”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Farwaniya”
  • Marathi: “अल फरविनिया गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “فروانیه (اوستان)”
  • Mazanderani: “فروانیه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Farwaniya guvernement”
  • Oromo: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲ ਫਰਵਾਨੀਆ”
  • Persian: “استان فروانیه”
  • Polish: “Al-Farwanijja”
  • Portuguese: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Pushto: “الفروانية”
  • Russian: “Фарвания”
  • Scots: “Al Farwaniyah Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “අල් ෆවානියා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Al Farvanija”
  • Somali: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فروانیه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Farwaniya”
  • Swahili: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Swedish: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Swedish: “al-Farwaniyya”
  • Swedish: “Al-Farwaniyya”
  • Tajik: “Әл-Фарванийа”
  • Tamil: “பர்வானியா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “பர்வானியா கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tatar: “Әл-Фарванийа”
  • Telugu: “అల్ ఫర్వానియా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตอัลฟาร์วะนียะห์”
  • Turkish: “El Fervaniye Valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Fervaniye”
  • Ukrainian: “Меніципалітет Ель-Фарванія”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ فروانیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Al Farwaniyah”

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