Al-Asima Governorate (Kuwait)

العاصمة al-Asima
Map of Kuwait where al-Asima is highlighted
Basic data
Country	Kuwait
Capital	Kuwait City
surface	200 km²
Residents	534,964 (June 2014)
density	2675 inhabitants per km²
founding	June 19, 1961
ISO 3166-2	KW-KU
Website	-
politics
governor	Thabit Al Muhanna
The Fourth Ring Road (February 2009)

Coordinates: 29 ° 20 '  N , 47 ° 59'  E

Al-Asima ( Arabic العاصمة, DMG al-ʿĀṣima  'the capital'), also known as al-Kuwait , is one of the six governorates in Kuwait , it consists of the following districts:

• Dahiya Abduallah as-Salam ( Arabic عبدالله السالم)
• Adailiya ( Arabic العديلية)
• Bnied al-Gar ( Arabic بنيد القار)
• Daiya ( Arabic الدعية)
• Dasma ( Arabic الدسمة)
• Dasman
• Sharq
• Faiha ( Arabic الفيحا)
• Faylakah (Consists of Failaka , Miskan and Auha Islands )
• Kaifan ( Arabic كيفان)
• Chaldiya
• Kuwait City (capital of Kuwait)
• Mansouriya ( Arabic المنصورية)
• Mirqab ( Arabic المرقاب)
• al-Nuzha ( Arabic النزهة)
• al-Qādisiyya ( Arabic القادسية)
• Qortuba ( Arabic قرطبة)
• Rauda ( Arabic الروضة)
• Shamiya ( Arabic الشامية)
• Shuwaikh Port ( Arabic الشويخ)
• Sulaibikhat
• Surra ( Arabic السرة)
• Yarmouk ( Arabic اليرموك)

In the Arabic language al-Asima means "the capital". Al-Asima is home to most of the Kuwaiti financial and business centers, such as the Kuwait Stock Exchange .

politics

Nasir Sabah Nasir Mubarak I was the first governor of the governorate from 1962 until his death in 1979. Thereafter, Salim Sabah Nasir Mubarak I held this post. This was followed by Jabir Abdallah Jabir Abdallah II in 1985. The current governor Thabit Al Muhanna has held the post since 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kuwait . Archived from the original on February 20, 2008.
2. ^ ^{A b} Alan Rush: Al-Sabah: History & Genealogy of Kuwait's Ruling Family, 1752-1987 . Ithaca Press , London 1987, ISBN 978-0-86372-081-9 .