Liberation Tower

The Liberation Tower is a 372-meter-high or 1,220 feet tall telecommunications tower in , . It is the second-tallest structure in the country and the 39th tallest building in the world.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: telecommunication tower in Kuwait City
  • Also known as: “Burj al-Tahreer”, “Burj Attahrir”, and “Kuwait Liberation Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kuwait National Museum and Seif Palace.

Museum
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The is the national museum of , located in . It was established in 1983 and designed by architect Michel Ecochard. is situated 1 km northwest of Liberation Tower.

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is a palace in , . Located opposite the Grand Mosque, one of 's best-known features is the watch tower, covered in blue tiles and with a roof plated in pure gold. is situated 1¼ km north of Liberation Tower.

is a skyscraper in Sharq, Kuwait. The tower is characterized by a two degree wrap between one floor and the other. is situated 1½ km east of Liberation Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kuwait City and Hawalli.

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is the capital of . is a bustling metropolis of high-rise office buildings, luxury hotels, wide boulevards and well-tended parks and gardens.

Hawally is the capital of the Governorate, a district in the State of , about 6 km south of . Hawally is a large suburb and the commercial center for most computer-related goods in Kuwait.

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. is situated 6 km south of Liberation Tower.

Liberation Tower

Latitude
29.36824° or 29° 22′ 6″ north
Longitude
47.97501° or 47° 58′ 30″ east
Height
128 metres (420 feet)
Open location code
7HX99X9G+72
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q80688
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Liberation Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج التحرير”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qurtuluş teleqülləsi (Küveyt)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qurtuluş teleqülləsi”
  • Bengali: “স্বাধীনতা টাওয়ার (কুয়েত)”
  • Bengali: “স্বাধীনতা টাওয়ার”
  • Central Kurdish: “تاوەری ڕزگاری”
  • Chinese: “科威特通訊塔”
  • Chinese: “解放塔 (科威特)”
  • Croatian: “Liberation Tower”
  • Esperanto: “Liberiĝa Turo”
  • French: “Kuwait Telecommunications Tower”
  • French: “Liberation Tower”
  • German: “Burdsch at-Tahrir”
  • German: “Liberation Tower”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל השחרור”
  • Italian: “Torre della liberazione”
  • Japanese: “リベレーションタワー”
  • Japanese: “解放タワー”
  • Javanese: “Liberation Tower”
  • Korean: “리버레이션 타워”
  • Macedonian: “Ослободителна кула (Кувајт)”
  • Macedonian: “Ослободителна кула”
  • Persian: “برج مخابراتی کویت”
  • Polish: “Burdż at-Tahrir”
  • Polish: “Liberation Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Liberation Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Torre da Libertação”
  • Russian: “Башня Освобождения”
  • Slovak: “Burdž at-tahrír”
  • Slovak: “Burdž at-Tahrír”
  • Slovak: “Liberation Tower”
  • Slovenian: “Burdž at Tahrir”
  • Slovenian: “Stolp osvoboditve”
  • Spanish: “Torre de la Liberación (Kuwait)”
  • Spanish: “Torre de la Liberación”
  • Thai: “หอคอยลิเบอเรชัน”
  • Turkish: “Kurtuluş Kulesi”

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