Bneid Al-Gar ( ar, بنيد القار, Bneid il-Gār) is an area of

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, ...

; it is located in Al Asimah Governorate in

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 ...

covering an area of approximately 1,320,220 squared metres.

Etymology

The word "Gar" in Arabic means

Tar Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. "a dark brown or black bit ...

, and so it was thus named due to the natural discharge of oils. A variant of its transliteration is ''Bunayd Al-Qar''.

Demographics

According to the public Authority for civil information, as of 30 June 2022, there are 31,111 residents. 2.5% are Kuwaiti and 97.5% are non-Kuwaiti.

References

Populated places in Kuwait Suburbs of Kuwait City {{Kuwait-geo-stub