By: Michael Campbell, 4th hour

Geography•Middle East•29 30 north, 45 45 east•Bus and taxis

History Home for Arabic tribes until

the 18th century Town became a place for

important jobs after 50 years In the 1960s, people found

huge oil reserves

EconomyKuwait = developed

98% urban oil = 104 billion barrels GDP (gross domestic product) = over $140,000 per capita 418 per 1000 have televisions Infant Mortality 9 per 1000

Politics

Leader is Amir The government in Kuwait is

constitutional emirate which means that there is like a king in charge

Culture

Main religion is Islam Celebrates New Years Day

and Kuwaiti National Day People wear robes Arabic is the main language

but English is rarely spoken

Facts & Figures

Population = 2,596,799 Growth rate = 3.591% Life expectancy = 76.31

(males) 78.73 (female) Literacy rate = 94.4% (male)

91% (female)

Interesting Information

Barren desert Got its independence from

UK on June 19,1961 Has only 6AM, 11FM, and

one short-range radio stations Has only 13 television

broadcast stations Kuwait is only as big as New

Jersey

Citations

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13 Mar 2009 www.chillnite.com/.../2007/01/arab_man.gif>. LEOW, HEATHER “Kuwait.” Countries and Their Cultures. Ed.

Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember. Vol.2. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001, 1229-1234. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. Derby Middle School. 5 Mar. 2009http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=birm35703

“Kuwait.” Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. Vol 5.5th ed. Detroit: URL,2007. 205-217. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. Derby Middle School. 5 Mar. 2009<http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p= GVRL&u=brim35703>