Al-Jahra Governorate ( ar, محافظة الجهراء Muḥāfaẓat al-Ǧahrāʾ) is one of the six
Governorates of Kuwait. 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), and also western suburbs 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 also contains most of Kuwait's arable land. Jahra also has some historic relevance to Kuwait's history. The
Red Palace or Al Qasr Al Ahmar is the most important historical landmark there.
Historically, Jahra was an agricultural
oasis
In ecology, an oasis (; ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment'ksar''with its surrounding feeding source, the palm grove, within a relational and circulatory nomadic system.”
The location of oases has been of critical imp ...
village and most Jahrans were
farmers
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mi ...
.
Farmers of Jahra
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Al-Muntafiq ( ar, المنتفق) was a large Arab tribal confederation of southern Iraq and Kuwait. The confederation's tribes predominantly settled in Iraq's southern provinces and northern Kuwait. The confederation is not homogeneous in terms ...
) 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 administratively followed 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 Jahra is a modern city and farming has been reduced to various small farms. The geographic midpoint of Kuwait is located in this governorate.
Suburbs
*Alabdally
*Albhaith
*Aljahra
*Alkhwaisat
*Almutlaa
*Alnaeem
*Alnaseem
*Aloyoon
*Alqaser
*Alretqah
*Alroudhatain
*Alsalmy
*Alsubbyah
*Alsulaibya
*Alwaha
*Amghara
*Boubyan island
*Jaber Alahmad City
*Kabd
*Kazma
*Om Alaish
*Saad Alabdaullah City
*Silk City
*Taimaa
*Warbah island
Government
Salim Sabah Nasir Mubarak I become governor of the Jahra Governorate in 1985.
Towns
*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
*History of Kuwait
Kuwait is a sovereign state in Western Asia located at the head of the Persian Gulf. The geographical region of Kuwait has been occupied by humans since antiquity, particularly due to its strategic location at the head of the Persian Gulf. In the ...
References
External links
Jahra Governorate official website
Governorates of Kuwait
Al Jahra Governorate
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