Jahra

Jahra, also referred to as Al Jahra, is the capital of Al Jahra Governorate, . It is home to the historic Kuwaiti Red Fort, the site of the 1920 Battle of Jahra.
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  • Type: City with 393,000 residents
  • Description: town in Kuwait
  • Also known as: “Al Jahara”, “Al Jahra”, “Al Jahra‘”, “Al Jahrah”, “Al-Jaharah”, “Iahara”, and “Jahra Village”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Red Fort and Al-Shabab Mubarak Al-Aiar Stadium.

Photo: Σύμμαχος, Public domain.
The Kuwait is a historic Kuwaiti palace and museum that lies about 32 kilometres west of in Al-Jahra. The fort was the location of the Battle of Jahra in 1920.

Stadium
The is a multi-use in Jahra, Kuwait. It is used mostly for football matches, on club level by Al Jahra of the Kuwaiti Premier League. The stadium has a capacity of 17,000 spectators.

Jahra

Latitude
29.3475° or 29° 20′ 51″ north
Longitude
47.6722° or 47° 40′ 20″ east
Population
393,000
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
7HX98MWC+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1278188834
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
285799
Wiki­data ID
Q1077024
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Jahra” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አል ጃህራ”
  • Arabic: “الجهراء القديمة”
  • Arabic: “الجهراء القديمه”
  • Arabic: “الجهراء”
  • Arabic: “اَلْجَهْرَاء”
  • Arabic: “قرية الجهراء”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əl-Cahra”
  • Bengali: “আল জাহরা”
  • Bengali: “আল জাারা”
  • Catalan: “Al Jahra”
  • Cebuano: “Al Jahrā‘”
  • Cebuano: “Al Jahrā’”
  • Chinese: “傑赫拉”
  • Chinese: “杰赫拉”
  • Czech: “Džahra”
  • Danish: “Al Jahra”
  • Dutch: “Al Jahra”
  • Dutch: “Jahra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجهراء”
  • Estonian: “Al-Jahrā’”
  • Finnish: “Al Jahra”
  • French: “Al Jahra”
  • German: “Al Jahra”
  • German: “al-Dschahra”
  • German: “Al-Dschahra”
  • Greek: “Αλ Τζαχρά”
  • Greek: “Αλ Τζάχρα”
  • Gujarati: “અલ જહરા”
  • Hausa: “Al Jahra”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ג’הראא”
  • Hindi: “अल जहरा”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsahrá”
  • Indonesian: “Al Jahra”
  • Italian: “Al-Jahra”
  • Italian: “Jahrah”
  • Japanese: “アルジャフラ”
  • Japanese: “ジャハラー”
  • Javanese: “Al Jahra”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ ಜಹ್ರಾ”
  • Kannada: “ಆಲ್ ಜಾಹ್ರಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Әл-Джахра”
  • Kirghiz: “Әл-Джахра”
  • Korean: “알자라”
  • Latvian: “Džehra”
  • Latvian: “El Džahra”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Džahra”
  • Lithuanian: “Džahra”
  • Malay: “Al Jahra”
  • Marathi: “अल जहरा”
  • Mazanderani: “الجهراء”
  • Mingrelian: “ელ-ჯაჰრა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Jahra”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Jahra”
  • Norwegian: “Al Jahra”
  • Oromo: “Al Jahra”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲ ਜਾਹਰਾ”
  • Persian: “الجهرا”
  • Persian: “الجهراء”
  • Persian: “جهرا”
  • Polish: “Al-Dżahra”
  • Polish: “Jahra”
  • Portuguese: “Al Jahra”
  • Pushto: “الجهراء”
  • Russian: “Аль-Джахра”
  • Russian: “Эль-Джахара”
  • Russian: “Эль-Джахра”
  • Scots: “Al Jahra”
  • Sinhala: “අල් ජහරා”
  • Sinhala: “අල් ජහ්රා”
  • Slovenian: “Al Džahra”
  • Somali: “Al Jahra”
  • Spanish: “Al Jahra”
  • Spanish: “Jahra”
  • Spanish: “Yahra”
  • Swahili: “Al Jahra”
  • Swedish: “al-Jahra”
  • Swedish: “Al-Jahra”
  • Tajik: “Әл-Јахра”
  • Tamil: “அல் ஜஹ்ரா”
  • Tatar: “Әл-Джахра”
  • Telugu: “అల్ జహ్రా”
  • Thai: “อัล ญะฮ์รา”
  • Turkish: “El Cehre”
  • Turkish: “El Chra”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Джахра”
  • Urdu: “الجہرا”
  • Urdu: “جہراء (شہر)”
  • Urdu: “جہراء”
  • Uzbek: “Al Jahra”
  • Vietnamese: “Al Jahra”

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