Al Ahmadi () is a town located in
Kuwaiti, and the capital of,
Al Ahmadi Governorate
The Ahmadi Governorate is a Governorates of Kuwait, governorate in southern Kuwait. It is the second most populated governorate in Kuwait, behind Farwaniya Governorate. Many oil and petroleum companies such as Kuwait Oil Company, KOC and Kuwait ...
. It was founded in 1946 with the discovery of oil there.
Al Ahmadi is a district located in the south of the country. It contains the headquarters for the
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) and
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), with many of its
refineries
A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.
Types of refineries
Different types of refineries a ...
located there.
History
Covering an area of 60 km
2,
Al Ahmadi is the capital of this Kuwait province with the same name created in 1946, and named after
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Damat Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1885 – 29 January 1950) () was the tenth ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait from 29 March 1921 until his death on 29 January 1950.
Biography
Ahmad was the son of Jaber II Al-Sabah, who was the eighth r ...
[ who ruled the province from 1921 to 1956.
After the discovery of oil in the region British and Indian ex-pats started settling in Al Ahmadi.][ The town has American layouts and designed keeping in mind British preferences. The roads intersect at right angles. Areas close to the sea have buildings on the sea-facing hill slopes. The Ahmadi Town was divided by Orientation into North, South, East, and West. The North Ahmadi side is where the residential area is prominent. It also boasts of a recreational club called the Hubara, the Kuwait Golf Club Course is located here.
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References
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Suburbs of Kuwait City