Bayan () is a residential area and

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in the

Hawalli Governorate Hawalli Governorate ( ) is one of the six governorates of Kuwait, consisting of the following areas: Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah became governor in 1962. A more recent governor of the Hawalli governorate is Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ...

Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...

, consisting of 13 blocks, and situated approximately 15 kilometres away from the core areas of

Kuwait City Kuwait City (; ) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Pal ...

. Its naming was inspired by the fact that it is in an area of higher altitude in comparison to its surrounding

Mishref Mishref () is a residential area near Kuwait City, Kuwait, within the Hawalli Governorate, south of Bayan Bayan may refer to: Educational institutions * Bayan Islamic Graduate School, Chicago, IL Places *Bayan-Aul, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan *Bay ...

, Salwa, and

Rumaithiya Rumaithiya (, Gulf Arabic: ''l-irmēθīya'') is a mainly-residential area in Hawalli governorate and a suburb of Kuwait City. It is divided into twelve blocks. The population of Rumaithiya was 58,127, according to the June 2023 estimate by the ...

. The

Kuwaiti Government Kuwait is an emirate. The Emir of Kuwait, a hereditary monarch from the Al Sabah ruling family appoints the prime minister (who is always a royal) and other members of government, as well as members of judicial, police and financial institutions. ...

headquarters are located in

Bayan Palace Bayan Palace ( ''Qaṣr Bayān'') is the main palace of the Emir of Kuwait. It is located in the Bayan area. History Bayan Palace was opened in 1986 to host the fifth conference of the Arab League. The palace also has an international conferenc ...

which houses its own mosque and gardens within its walls. Beside it, the main skyline feature one group of

Kuwait Water Towers The Kuwait Water Towers are a prominent group of 31 water towers in Kuwait City, Kuwait that were completed in 1976. Design and construction In 1965, the government of Kuwait commissioned the Swedish engineering company of VBB (since 1997 Sweco) ...

(known for their white-and-blue vertical stripes and long mushroom form), as nine of them are arranged in a diamond shape. Its area is 4,300,000 m². Bayan also houses several international embassies, including that of the

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, and

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