Some cities assume a global status after a period of growth. Then they are no longer mere cities of a particular country, but a destination the whole world would desire to visit. Kuwait City is one such city. The capital of Kuwait, the city is the centre of the country’s political, cultural and economic growth.
Kuwait city is located on the Persian Gulf. Like Riyadh, Kuwait city too had a humble origin. It was a small fishing village when its first inhabitants arrived in 1613. The Bani Ut bah, a tribal confederation of Arab clans, settled in the city in 1714 and the village gradually transformed into an important trade centre with India and the Far East.
What sent Kuwait city to great Heights was the discovery of oil in its land, Oil mining and export led the city into rapid urbanization.
After Kuwait declared its inpendence from Britain in 1961, the country grew to become the most developed nation in the region. The war in the 1990s and the drop in oil prices devastated the city; however, Kuwait rebuilt itself in no time.
The Grand Mosque, National Museum, Tareq Rajab Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the famous Kuwait Towers, Self Palace and the AI-Hashemi Marine Museum are some of the most sought after tourist destinations of the city.
Picture Credit: Google
