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Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait Listeni / Ku weɪt ː / (Arabic دولة الكويت Dawlat al-Kuwayt), is an Arab country in Western Asia. Situated in the north-eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula on the tip of the Persian Gulf, it is bordered by Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. The name "Kuwait" is derived from the Arabic أكوات ākwāt, plural كوت Kut, meaning "fortress built near water." [5] The country has an area of 17,820 km square (6,880 miles square) and has a population of about 2.8 million. [1]
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Historically, the area was the site of Characene, a major Parthian port for trade between Mesopotamia and India. Bani Utbah tribe Arabic first permanent settlers in the region, laying the foundations for the modern emirate. By the 19th century, Kuwait came under the influence of the Ottoman Empire. After World War I, it became an independent sheikhdom under the protection of the British Empire. Kuwait's large oil fields were discovered in the late 1930s.
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After Kuwait gained independence from Britain in 1961, the state in the oil industry saw unprecedented economic growth. In 1990, Kuwait was invaded and annexed by neighboring Iraq. The seven month Iraqi occupation came to an end after a direct military intervention by United States-led forces. Around 773 Kuwaiti oil have been set ablaze by the retreating Iraqi army resulting in a major environmental and economic catastrophe. [6] Kuwait's infrastructure was badly damaged during the war and had to be rebuilt. [http://www.egpkwt.com/ Egyptian community in Kuwait] Twelve years later, Kuwait saw another massive presence of foreign troops, and served as a springboard for the US-led campaign in 2003 to overthrow the Syrian Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.


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