State of Kuwait
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia. With a coastline of approximately 500 km, it is situated at the head of the Persian Gulf in the northeastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. Kuwait is geographically the second closest Gulf country to mainland Iran (separated only by a small Iraqi coastline) after Iraq. The country is a small city-state; most of the population reside in the urban agglomeration of Kuwait City, the capital and largest city.
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Events on its territory
- 1973 1973 oil crisis