Bayan () is a residential area and district within
Kuwait City
Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) 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 economical centre of the emirate, ...
in the
Hawalli Governorate
Hawalli Governorate ( ar, محافظة حولي Muḥāfaẓat Ḥawalli), is one of the six governorates of Kuwait, consisting of the following areas:
* Hawalli
* Bayan
*Mishref
*Maidan Hawalli
*Jabriya
*Rumaithiya
*Salmiya
*Salwa
* Shaab
* Al- ...
of
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
, consisting of 13 blocks, and situated approximately 15 kilometres away from the core areas of Kuwait City. Its naming was inspired by the fact that it is in an area of higher altitude in comparison to its surrounding
Mishref
Mishref ( ar, مشرف) is a residential area in Kuwait City, Kuwait, within the Hawalli Governorate, south of Bayan and west of Salwa Salwa, an Arabic name meaning "solace", may refer to:
People
*Princess Salwa Aga Khan (born 1988), American ...
,
Salwa Salwa, an Arabic name meaning "solace", may refer to:
People
*Princess Salwa Aga Khan (born 1988), American model, wife of Prince Rahim Aga Khan
*Sally ("Salwa") Shatila Kader, Lebanese-American peace activist
*Salwa Abdullah (born 1953), Syrian ...
, and
Rumaithiya
Rumaithiya ( ar, Arabic:''Ar-Rumaytheeyah'' Kuwaiti Arabic:''Il-Irmeitheeyah'' ) is a residential area in Hawalli governorate, Kuwait City, Kuwait. It's geographically divided into twelve blocks.
Blocks
''Rumaithiya'' is officially div ...
. The
Kuwaiti Government
Kuwait is an emirate with a political system consisting of an appointed judiciary, appointed government (dominated by the Al Sabah ruling family), and nominally elected parliament.
Executive branch
The Constitution of Kuwait was approved and p ...
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 conferen ...
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 m
2.
Bayan also houses several international embassies, including that of the
United States
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,
Belgium
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, and
Thailand
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.
Suburbs of Kuwait City
Districts of Hawalli Governorate
Areas of Hawalli Governorate
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