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The Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre (JACC), informally known as the Kuwait Opera House, is a cultural center in Kuwait, located on the Gulf Road in the capital Kuwait City. It is the largest cultural center and opera house in the Middle East. [1] [2] [3] The cultural centre is part of the Kuwait National Cultural District.
Kuwait's official state religion is Islam, specifically the Maliki school of Sunni Islam. Kuwait is a high-income economy, backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves. Kuwaiti popular culture, in the form of theatre, radio, music, and television soap opera, is exported to neighboring GCC states.
Kuwait City (Arabic: مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait.Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Arabian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic centre of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Palace, government offices, and the headquarters of most Kuwaiti corporations and banks.
Coordinates: 29°22′5.80″N 47°58′29.83″E. The Liberation Tower is a 372-meter-high or 1,220 feet tall telecommunications tower in Kuwait City, Kuwait. [1] It is the second-tallest structure in the country and the 39th tallest building in the world. The tower is not publicly accessible to tourists. However, the complex building attached ...
v. t. e. Kuwait is a sovereign state in Western Asia located at the head of the Persian Gulf. The geographical region of Kuwait has been occupied by humans since antiquity, particularly due to its strategic location at the head of the Persian Gulf. [1] [2] [3] In the pre-oil era, Kuwait was a regional trade port.
The Kuwait National Cultural District (also known as the KNCD) is multibillion-dollar development project that focuses on the arts and culture in Kuwait. [1] [2] With a capital cost of more than US$1 billion, the project is one of the largest cultural investments in the world today. [1] The Kuwait National Cultural District is a member of the ...
Area. • Metro. 14.2 km 2 (5.5 sq mi) Population. • Area. 223,646. Salmiya ( Arabic السالمية; transliterated As-Sālmīya (h)) is an area in Hawalli Governorate (one of the six governorates of Kuwait) in Kuwait . Salmiya is administratively divided into 12 blocks. The blocks located closer to the interior of the district tend to be ...
The Scientific Center of Kuwait, located in Salmiya, Kuwait, serves as a center for environmental education in the Persian Gulf region. KSC spans over 80,000 square meters with the building covering over 18,000 square meters. The center also houses the largest aquarium in the Middle East after Dubai, holding over 100 different species of animals.