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About Kuwait
Kuwait is a country in Western Asia, one of the 47 countries of Asia on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is State of Kuwait. In Arabic, the name is written الكويت, and the capital مدينة الكويت. Kuwait is a member of the Arab League, which brings together 22 countries. It is also one of the 6 members of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
The capital of Kuwait is Kuwait City. The official language of Kuwait is Arabic. Its currency is the Kuwaiti Dinar, with the symbol د.ك and the international code KWD.
Kuwait covers about 17,818 square kilometres, which puts it 152nd by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 2 countries: Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The largest of these neighbours by area is Saudi Arabia. Other countries in Western Asia include Türkiye, Yemen, and Oman. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flag of the United Arab Emirates, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Asia quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Kuwait with the other countries of the same region.