Sulaibiya is a small
town
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Al Jahra Governorate
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 Ku ...
,
Kuwait
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. It holds the record of for the highest
temperature
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in
Asia
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and third highest in the world.
Sulaibiya has two Industrial Areas containing several construction materials industries and a Residential Area consisting of 10 blocks.
Towards the end of Sulaibiya, you approach Sulabikat which is closer to the Kuwaiti grand cemetery.
Industrial area
Wastewater treatment plant
As of 2015, the General Electric-built Wasterwater treatment plant in the district waste the world's largest
membrane-based water treatment facility handling 600,000 cubic meters of water a day.
Tire graveyard
The industrial area contains a waste disposal area that includes the world's largest tire dump. It has been under development since at least 2010. In April 2021, a fire was reported at the site.
In October 2020 a major
tire fire
Tire fires are events that involve the combustion of large quantities of tires, usually waste tires, typically in locations where they are stored, dumped, or processed. They exist in two forms: as fast-burning events, leading to almost immediate ...
in the graveyard was visible from space, burning 25,000 square meters of the deposit or about 1 million tires.
A previous fire happened in the site during 2012.
Both fires caused severe air pollution, and tire fires release large amount of heavy metals and oils that can contaminate the surrounding environment.
Following the fire, the Kuwait
Environment Public Authority
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said it would dispose of the tires.
References
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List of weather records
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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 ...
(Climate)
Districts of Al Jahra Governorate
Temperature
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