Salmiya

Salmiya is an area in in . Salmiya is administratively divided into 12 blocks. The blocks located closer to the interior of the district tend to be mostly residential, while those located beside the Persian Gulf coastline have a great deal of commercial and up-scale residential real estate.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb with 310,000 residents
  • Description: city in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait
  • Also known as: “Ad Dumna”, “Ad Dumnah”, “Al Salmiya”, “As Salimiyah”, “As-Sālimiyah”, “as-Salimiyya”, “Dimnah”, “Salimiyah”, “Salmiyah”, “Salmiyyeh”, “السالميه”, and “سالمية”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Thamir Stadium and New English School.

Stadium
Photo: Steve & Jem Copley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in Al Salmiya, .

School
The , founded in 1969 by Tareq…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawalli and Jabriya.

Hawally is the capital of the Governorate…

Suburb
Photo: Ahmednh, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is in an area in in . is situated 4 km southwest of Salmiya.

Suburb
is a residential area located in the in , . is situated 6 km west of Salmiya.

Salmiya

Latitude
29.3328° or 29° 19′ 58″ north
Longitude
48.0685° or 48° 4′ 7″ east
Population
310,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
UN/LOCODE
KW SAL and KW SMY
Open location code
7HXC83M9+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4603691893
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
285704
Wiki­data ID
Q3505782
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Salmiya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “السالمية”
  • Arabic: “اَلسَّالِمِيَّة”
  • Asturian: “Salmiya”
  • Cebuano: “As Sālimīyah”
  • Esperanto: “Salmija”
  • French: “Salmiya”
  • German: “Salmiya”
  • Hausa: “Salmiya”
  • Japanese: “サルミア”
  • Korean: “살미야”
  • Lithuanian: “Salmija”
  • Malayalam: “സാൽമിയ”
  • Mazanderani: “السالمیه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Salmiya”
  • Norwegian: “Salmiya”
  • Persian: “السالمیه”
  • Persian: “سالمیه”
  • Polish: “As-Salimija”
  • Polish: “As-Salimijja”
  • Russian: “Сальмия”
  • Russian: “Эс-Салимия”
  • Swedish: “al-Salimiyya”
  • Swedish: “Al-Salimiyya”
  • Ukrainian: “Сальмія”
  • Urdu: “سالمیہ (شہر)”
  • Urdu: “سالمیہ”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Rumaithiya and Maidan Hawalli.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Al-Sharah Mosque and City Group Co. Bus Terminal.

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