Hawalli Governorate ( ar, محافظة حولي Muḥāfaẓat Ḥawalli), is one of the six

governorates of Kuwait Kuwait is divided into 6 governorates (''muhafazah''). The governorates are further subdivided into areas. The governorate is headed by a Governor appointed by a ministerial decree for a period of 4 years which can be renewed upon the proposal o ...

, consisting of the following

areas Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an op ...

: * Hawalli * Bayan *

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 ...

Maidan Hawalli Midan Hawally Is one of the districts of Salmiya in 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 ...

Jabriya Jabriya ( ar, الجابرية) is in an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is a large, mainly residential area that borders Surra, Hawalli, Salmiya and Bayan. Jabriya has seen an increase of commercial activities in recent y ...

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 ...

Salmiya Salmiya (Arabic السالمية; transliterated As-Sālmīya(h)) is a city in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait. Salmiya is administratively divided into 12 blocks. The blocks located closer to the interior of the district tend to be mostly resid ...

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 ...

* Shaab * Al-salam * Hattin * Al-Zahra * Mubarak Al-Abdullah Al Jaber (West Mishref) * Al-shuhada * Al-badae * Al-Siddiq

Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ( ar, نواف الأحمد الجابر الصباح, translit=Nawwāf al-Ahmad al-Jābir as-Sabāh; born 25 June 1937) is the emir of Kuwait and the commander of the Kuwait Military Forces. On 29 September 2020 ...

become governor in 1962. A more recent

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

of the Hawalli governorate is

Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (, born 1956) is a Kuwaiti politician and military official who is the current Prime Minister of Kuwait since July 2022. He is the eldest son of Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the incumbent Emir of Kuwait. Forme ...

, now prime minister. A 2005 estimate reported the population of Hawalli to be 393,861. A 31 December 2007 estimate reported Hawalli's population to be 714,876. As of June 2014, the population of Hawalli is estimated to be 890,533.

Sports

Qadsia SC ) The Royal ( ar, الملكي) The Yellow Castle ( ar, القلعة الصفراء) , founded = as ''Al-Jazira'' , ground = Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Hawalli , capacity = 26,000 , chairman = Khaled Fahad Al Sabah , manager = Boris ...

and

Al-Salmiya SC Al-Salmiya Sporting Club ( ar, نادي السالمية الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football and sports club in Salmiya. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League four times, most recently in 2000. They were founded in 1964 and th ...

are situated in Hawalli governorate

Notable people

Abdallah Abdalrahman Alruwaished Abd Allah ( ar, عبدالله, translit=ʻAbd Allāh), also spelled Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdullah and many others, is an Arabic name meaning "Servant of God". It is built from the Arabic words '' abd'' () and '' Allāh'' (). Although the ...

Kazem Abal Kazem (also spelled Kadhem, Kadhim, Kazim, Qazim or Cathum; written in ar, كاظم, in Persian: کاظِم) means "tolerant", "forgiving", and "having patience" is an Arabic male given name. Although the pronunciation of the Arabic letter Ẓ ...

Ibrahim Khraibut Ibrahim Khraibut ( ar, إبراهيم علي يوسف خريبط) (1913–2003) was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from 1963 to 1979. He ran as an independent and served four consecutive terms. Khraibut represented the first district ...

Abdulrasool Abdulreda Behbehani Abdul Rasul ( ar, عبد الرسول) is an Arabic male given name, meaning ''servant of the prophet''. Abdul Rasul may also refer to: People *Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (born 1946), Afghan Islamist politician *Salah Abdul Rasool Al Blooshi Salah Abdu ...

, former President of State Department for Legal Advice and Legislation

References

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