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Country info
| Continent: | Asia |
|---|---|
| Country code: | KW |
| Phone code: | +965 |
| Top level domain: | .kw |
| Capital: | Kuwait City |
| Latitude: | 29.31166 |
| Longitude: | 47.481766 |
| More information: | Wikipedia |
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. As of 2016, Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates. Expatriates account for 70% of the population.
Kuwait's legal system is predominantly secular. Kuwait is a constitutional state with a semi-democratic political system. It has a high income economy backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves. The Kuwaiti dinar is the highest valued currency in the world. According to the World Bank, the country has the fourth highest per capita income in the world.
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