Jahra Governorate

Al-Jahra Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الجهراء Muḥāfaẓat al-Ǧahrāʾ) is one of the six governorates of Kuwait.[2] It is the largest Governorate in Kuwait. It includes the town of Al Jahra, most of the northern and western parts of Kuwait, several islands (among them Bubiyan Island),[3] and also western districts of Kuwait City. It also contains most of Kuwait's arable land. Al Jahra also has some historic relevance to Kuwait's history.[4] The Red Palace or Al Qasr Al Ahmar is the most important historical landmark there.[5]

Al-Jahra Governorate
محافظة الجهراء
Governorate
Map of Kuwait with Al-Jahra highlighted
Map of Kuwait with Al-Jahra highlighted
Coordinates (Al-Jahra): 29.337°N 47.658°E / 29.337; 47.658
Country Kuwait
Districts25
Government
 • GovernorFahad Ahmed Al-Ameer
Area
 • Total11,230 km2 (4,340 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2014)[1]
 • Total491,392
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03 (AST)
ISO 3166 codeKW-JA

Historically, Al Jahra was an agricultural oasis village and most locals were farmers.[6][7] Al Jahra's most notable residents included Sheikh Thuwainy Bin Abdullah Al-Saadoun (Sheikh of Al-Muntafiq) in 1786, when he fled from Baghdad to Suleiman Pasha. He wanted to occupy Basra and Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sabah hosted him until he returned to Baghdad after he was pardoned by the Iraqi governor.

In 1925, Al-Jahra was under the administrative or governmental jurisdiction of Kuwait City, and the population lived on the cultivation of palm trees and a little wheat and barley. Al Jahra contained 170 houses including the palace of Pasha al-Naqib and the palace of the Mubarak al-Sabah. Nowadays Al Jahra is a modern city and farming has been reduced to various small farms. The geographic midpoint of Kuwait is located in this governorate.

Districts
  • Abdali
  • Al-Baith
  • Al Jahra
  • Al-Kwaisat
  • Al-Mutlaa
  • Alnaeem
  • Alnaseem
  • Aloyoon
  • Alqaser
  • Alretqah
  • Alroudhatain
  • Alsalmy
  • Alsubbyah
  • Alsulaibya
  • Alwaha
  • Amghara
  • Bubiyan Island
  • Jaber Al Ahmad
  • Kabed
  • Kazma
  • Om Alaish
  • Saad Alabdaullah City
  • Silk City
  • Taimaa
  • Warbah island

Government

Salim Sabah Nasir Mubarak I became governor of the Jahra Governorate in 1985.[8]

Towns
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  • Al Jahra'
  • Al `Ulaymiyah
  • Al `Arfajiyah
  • Umm Ghatti
  • Dulay` ar Rukham
  • Ghudayy
  • Bahrat al `Awjah
  • Khawr al `Awjah
  • Jazirat Bubiyan
  • Markaz Warbah
  • Jazirat Warbah
  • Jal az Zawr
  • Tubayj
  • `Ashish ad Dawhah
  • As Sab`ah
  • Makhfar as Sabiyah
  • Al Sabahiyah
  • Al `Arfajiyah
  • Al Bahrah
  • Al Hujayjah
  • Al Mahraqah
  • An Nuwaynis
  • Ar Rukham
  • As Sif
  • Ra's al Barshah
  • Qasr as Sabiyah
  • Sha`ib ar Rukham
  • Khawr as Sabiyah
  • Ra's as Sabiyah

See also

References
  1. "Statistical Reports". Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  2. "Al-Jahra | governorate, Kuwait".
  3. "Kuwait Islands | Beatona".
  4. "Exploring Kuwait's historic areas: Jahra". 31 October 2019.
  5. "Exploring Jahra's Red Palace". 26 September 2019.
  6. Farmers of Jahra
  7. Beaumont, Peter; Mclachlan, Keith Stanley (1985). Agricultural development in the Middle East. Wiley. pp. 285. ISBN 978-0-471-90762-6.
  8. Alan Rush (1987). Al-Sabah: History & Genealogy of Kuwait's Ruling Family, 1752-1987. London: Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-081-9.



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