Hawalli Governorate
Hawalli Governorate (Arabic: محافظة حولي Muḥāfaẓat Ḥawalli) is one of the six governorates of Kuwait, consisting of the following areas:[2]
- Hawalli
- Bayan
- Mishref
- Maidan Hawalli
- Jabriya
- Rumaithiya
- Salmiya
- Salwa
- Shaab
- Al-salam
- Hattin
- Al-Zahra
- Mubarak Al Abdullah Al Jaber (West Mishref)
- Al-shuhada
- Al-badae
- Al-Siddiq
Hawalli Governorate محافظة حولي | |
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Dome of Al Othman Mosque in Hawalli | |
Map of Kuwait with Hawalli highlighted | |
Coordinates (Hawalli District): 29°18′20″N 48°01′51″E | |
Country | |
Capital | Hawalli District |
Districts | 16 |
Area | |
• Total | 82 km2 (32 sq mi) |
Population (June 2014)[1] | |
• Total | 890,533 |
• Density | 11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03 (EAT) |
ISO 3166 code | KW-HW |
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah become governor in 1962.[3] The current governor of the Hawalli governorate is Lt.Gen. (ret.) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah.
A 2005 estimate reported the population of Hawalli to be 393,861.[4]
A 31 December 2007 estimate reported Hawalli's population to be 714,876.[5]
As of June 2014, the population of Hawalli is estimated to be 890,533.[1]
Sports
Qadsia SC and Al-Salmiya SC are situated in Hawalli governorate
Notable people
- Abdallah Abdalrahman Alruwaished
- Kazem Abal
- Ibrahim Khraibut
- Abdulrasool Abdulreda Behbehani, former President of State Department for Legal Advice and Legislation
gollark: Takes ages to load words, I'm afraid.
gollark: ```pythonimport thesaurusimport randomimport concurrent.futures as futureswords_to_synonyms = {}synonyms_to_words = {}def add_to_key(d, k, v): d[k] = d.get(k, set()).union(set(v))def add_synonyms(syns, word): for syn in syns: add_to_key(synonyms_to_words, syn, [word]) add_to_key(words_to_synonyms, word, syns)def concat(list_of_lists): return sum(list_of_lists, [])def fetch_word(word): results = concat(thesaurus.Word(word).synonyms("all")) return resultsdef add_words(words): with futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=50) as executor: word_futures = {executor.submit(fetch_word, word): word for word in words} for future in futures.as_completed(word_futures): word = word_futures[future] try: data = future.result() except Exception as exc: print(f"Error fetching {word}: {exc}") else: add_synonyms(data, word)def getattr_hook(obj, key): results = list(synonyms_to_words.get(key, set()).union(words_to_synonyms.get(key, set()))) if len(results) > 0: return obj.__getattribute__(random.choice(results)) else: raise AttributeError(f"Attribute {key} not found.")def wrap(obj): add_words(dir(obj)) obj.__getattr__ = lambda key: getattr_hook(obj, key)wrap(__builtins__)__builtins__.engrave("Hi!")```
gollark: Ah yes. Global Interpreter Lock. Right. This may be hard.
gollark: On the plus side, you should be able to use `zilch` in place of `None` now.
gollark: The python thesaurus-izer may need some parallelization to be effective.
References
- "Statistical Reports". stat.paci.gov.kw. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- "Kuwait Info - Information About Kuwait Tourism and Organizations". kuwait-info.com.
- Alan Rush (1987). Al-Sabah: History & Genealogy of Kuwait's Ruling Family, 1752-1987. London: Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-081-9.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 August 2005. Retrieved 9 August 2005.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "الهيئة العامة للمعلومات المدنية". paci.hov.kw. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008.
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