List of governorates of Kuwait
Kuwait is administratively divided into six governorates ( Arabic محافظة, DMG muḥāfaẓa ). The governorates are further subdivided into districts .
| Governorate | Capital | Area km² |
Population census 2005 |
created |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| al-Ahmadi 1) | al-Ahmadi | 5 120 | 393 861 | 1946 from al-Asima |
| al-Asima (al-Kuwait) 2) | al-Kuwait | 200 | 261 013 | when the state is established |
| al-Farwaniyya | al-Farwaniyya | 190 | 622 123 | 1988 from al-Asima |
| Al-Jahra 3) | al-Jahra | 12 130 | 272 373 | 1979 from al-Asima |
| Hawalli | Hawalli | 84 | 487 514 | when the state is established |
| Mubarak al-Kabir | Mubarak al-Kabir | 94 | 176 519 | Nov. 1999 from Hawalli |
| Kuwait | al-Kuwait | 17 818 | 2,213,403 | |
| 1) The neutral zone between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia was divided on December 18, 1969, and the northern part with 2590 km² was incorporated into the governorate of al-Ahmadi . | ||||
| 2) including the islands of Failaka , Miskan and Auha | ||||
| 3) including the islands of al-Warba and Bubiyan | ||||