Al Ahmadi, Kuwait
🇰🇼 Al Ahmadi (الأحمدي) is a town founded in 1946 with the discovery of oil there, located in Al Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait.
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 located there.
History Covering an area of 60 km², Al Ahmadi is the capital of this Kuwait province with the same name. Al Ahmadi Province, named after Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, was created in 1946. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ruled the province from 1921 to 1956.
During the beginning of 1940s 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.
Asia/Kuwait/Al_Ahmadi
Al Ahmadi has a population of over 394,000 people. Al Ahmadi also forms the centre of the wider Al Ahmadi Governorate which has a population of over 809,353 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Al Ahmadi has links with:
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🇨🇳 Zhangjiajie 29.13
🇨🇳 Tiantai Chengguanzhen 29.136
🇵🇰 Ahmadpur East 29.15
🇺🇸 Daytona Beach 29.183
🇲🇽 Hermosillo 29.075
🇪🇬 Bani Suwayf 29.067
🇰🇼 As Salimiyah 48.083
🇮🇷 Khorramabad 48.35
Locations Near: Al Ahmadi 48.0833,29.0833
🇰🇼 Ahmadi 48.084,29.077 d: 0.7
🇰🇼 Bayan 48.033,29.317 d: 26.4
🇰🇼 As Salimiyah 48.083,29.333 d: 27.8
🇰🇼 Salmiya 48.083,29.333 d: 27.8
🇰🇼 Kuwait City 47.983,29.377 d: 34.1
🇰🇼 Al Jahra 47.683,29.35 d: 48.9
🇰🇼 Kuwait 47.603,29.322 d: 53.7
🇮🇷 Abadan 48.267,30.333 d: 140.1
🇮🇶 Basra 47.819,30.494 d: 158.9
🇮🇷 Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni 49.067,30.5 d: 183.9
Antipodal to: Al Ahmadi -131.917,-29.083
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17807.1
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15708.2
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15584.2
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15591.7
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 14045.5
🇲🇽 Manzanillo -104.3,19.05 d: 13897.1
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13884.3
🇲🇽 Lázaro Cárdenas -102.183,17.95 d: 13888