al-Warba
| al-Warba | ||
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| Waters | Persian Gulf | |
| Geographical location | 30 ° 0 ′ N , 48 ° 5 ′ E | |
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| length | 15 km | |
| width | 5 km | |
| surface | 37 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
al-Warba ( Arabic جزيرة الوربة, DMG Ǧazīrat al-Warba ; often without article Warba ) is a Kuwaiti island at the northwest end of the Persian Gulf in the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab . al-Warba is located about 100 meters east of the Kuwaiti mainland, 1.5 km north of the island of Bubiyan and one kilometer south of the Iraqi mainland. al-Warba is about 15 km long, 5 km wide and has a surface of 37 km². The flat alluvial island is administratively part of the al-Jahra governorate .
The island has no permanent residents, but there is a Coast Guard post , M-1, on it . Until 1994, al-Warba was controversial because of its strategically important location between Kuwait and Iraq . In 1994 Iraq approved the UN Security Council's proposal to draw borders .
Web links
- Budget for the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002 (UN document, English; PDF file; 186 kB)