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Places in News: Kuwait
Context:
The mortal remains of 45 Indian migrant workers who died in a fire in Kuwait were brought back by an Indian Air Force aircraft.
About Kuwait:
- Location: Northwestern corner of the Persian Gulf, Arabian Peninsula.
- Neighbouring Countries: Iraq (west and north), Saudi Arabia (south), Persian Gulf (east).
- Capital: Kuwait City.
- Landscape: Predominantly desert except Al-Jahrāʾ Oasis at the western end of Kuwait Bay and a few fertile patches in southeastern and coastal areas.
- Most parts of Kuwait are covered by the Arabian Desert.
- It has no permanent surface water, either in the form of standing bodies such as lakes or in the form of flows such as perennial rivers.
- Its territory includes nine offshore islands, the largest of which are the uninhabited Būbiyān and Al-Warbah.
- The island of Failaka, located near the entrance of Kuwait Bay, has been populated since prehistoric times.
