Mahboula ( ar , text=المهبولة , lit=mad woman) is a Kuwaiti district on the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bod ...

, south of Kuwait City. It is located in the

Ahmadi Governorate The Ahmadi Governorate (arabic: محافظة الأحمدي) is the Second most populated Governorate of all the 6 Governorates in Kuwait. It is the Home of KOC, KNPC and much more Oil and Petrol companies. Ahmadi consists of the following dis ...

between Fintās and

Abu Halifa Abu Halifa or Abu Hulayfah or Abu Huleifa or Abu Haleifah ( ar, أبو حليفة) is an area in Kuwait City, located in the Abu Halifa District of the Al Ahmadi Governorate in Kuwait and since this area was rich in small plants called "حنيف� ...

. In the mid-2000s, Mahboula was essentially "uninhabited, with a few old buildings and unsafe streets." In 2013, the Kuwait Oil Company announced plans to expand their business, and this led to an explosion of residential development of adjacent areas—including Mahboula. By 2016, tens of

apartment building An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...

s had sprouted, though the construction quality, environmental impacts, and infrastructure demands thereof were questioned by the ''

Kuwait Times ''Kuwait Times'' is an English-language daily published in Kuwait. It is the first English language paper in the Persian Gulf region. History and profile ''Kuwait Times'' was founded by Yousuf Saleh Alyan in 1961. The 36-page broadsheet provid ...

''. That newspaper also reported that renting apartments cost 170– (equivalent to –

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s in ). In February 2019, a residential building caught fire, injuring 23 people and stranding over 100 on the floors above the extinguished fire.

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districts of Al Ahmadi Governorate {{Kuwait-geo-stub