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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.
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  • Type: State with 1,250,000 residents
  • Description: one of Kuwait’s 6 governments
  • Also known as: “Al Farwānīyah”, “Al-Farwaniya”, “Al-Farwaniyah”, “Farwaniya”, “Farwānīya”, “Farwaniya Governorate”, “Farwaniyah”, and “Muhafazat al Farwaniyah”

Places of Interest

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

Aerodrome
Photo: Planecrazy20, Public domain.
is an located in the Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait, 15.5 kilometers south of the centre of , spread over an area of 37.7 square kilometres.

Stadium
is a multi-purpose stadium in the area of , Kuwait. Completed in 2009, it is used mostly for football matches and athletics.

Pitch
Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium is a multi-use stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level by Al-Nasr SC of the Kuwaiti Premier League. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 spectators.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Farwaniya and Ardhiya.

Suburb
is an area of Governorate, located within the agglomeration of , . The Ghazali Expressway passes to the west of the district and the road leading to to the east, both roads in a north–south direction.

Suburb
Photo: EnGxBaDeR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ardiya is an area of . It is located in the governorate of Farwaniya near . The population was 65,850 in June 2024. , Kuwait's largest stadium, is located in .

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.

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
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13358115912
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
285816
Wiki­data ID
Q1072757
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Al Farwaniyah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الفروانية”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الفروانية”
  • Arabic: “مُحَافَظَة اَلْفَرْوَانِيَّة”
  • Arabic: “محافظه الفروانيه”
  • Armenian: “Էլ Ֆարվանիյահ”
  • Bengali: “আল ফারবানিয়াহ গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bengali: “ফারওয়ানিয়া গভর্নরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал-Фарвания”
  • Bulgarian: “Фаруания”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Farwānīyah”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای فەروانیە”
  • Chinese: “法尔瓦尼亚省”
  • 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”
  • Hindi: “अल फरवानिया गवर्नरेट”
  • Hungarian: “Farvánijja kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Al-Farwaniyah”
  • Italian: “Al-Farwaniyah”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di al-Farwaniyya”
  • Japanese: “ファルアニア県”
  • Japanese: “ファルワーニーヤ県”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ ಫರ್ವಾನಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “알파르와니야주”
  • Latvian: “Farvānijas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Farvanijos gubernija”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Farvanijos muchafaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • 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”
  • Persian: “استان فروانیه”
  • Polish: “Al-Farwanijja”
  • Portuguese: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Russian: “Фарвания”
  • Scots: “Al Farwaniyah Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “අල් ෆවානියා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Al Farvanija”
  • Slovenian: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Al Farvanija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فروانیه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Farwaniya”
  • Swedish: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Swedish: “al-Farwaniyya”
  • Swedish: “Al-Farwaniyya”
  • Tamil: “பர்வானியா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “பர்வானியா கவர்னரேட்”
  • Telugu: “అల్ ఫర్వానియా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตอัลฟาร์วะนียะห์”
  • Turkish: “Al Farwaniyah”
  • Turkish: “El Fervaniye ili”
  • Turkish: “El Fervaniye Valiliği”
  • Turkish: “El Fervaniye”
  • Turkish: “Fervaniye”
  • Ukrainian: “Меніципалітет Ель-Фарванія”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ فروانیہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Al Farwaniyah”

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