Rumaithiya

Rumaithiya (Arabic: الرميثية‎ Arabic:Ar-Rumaytheeyah Kuwaiti Arabic:Il-Irmeitheeyah  ) is a residential area in Hawalli governorate, Kuwait, it's geographically divided into twelve blocks.

Rumaithiya

الرميثية

Rumaythiyah
City
Rumaithiya
Coordinates: 29°19′N 48°4′E
CountryKuwait
GovernorateHawalli
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Area
 • Metro
4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Population
 • City58,957
Time zoneGMT+3

Blocks

Rumaithiya is officially divided into 12 blocks (قِطَع). Every block has a mosque and Rumaithiya Co-Op branch.

Landmarks

Masjids
Uqba Bin Nafe' Masjid (Block 8)

Rumaithiya was designed to make a space for a branch of the Co-op and the supermarket. Due to this, there are 12 government-built masjids in Rumaithiya, with one more government-built masjid near the main Co-op. The biggest masjid, Masjid Maqamis is in Block 11

Husayniyat
  • Rumaithiya has the largest number of husayniyas in Kuwait with more than 70 Husayniya.

Rumaithiya Co-Op Society

Rumaithiya Co-Op Society is the official and only supermarket in the area.

  • 12 Branches in every block, except the 7th block
  • 15,144+ Contributors

Public Parks
  • Large public park in block 6 with grass stadiums.
  • Normal public park in block 8 with grass stadium, starbucks coffee shop.

Schools

Religion

Most of Rumaithia's people are Shia Muslim.[1][2] Due to this fact, there are a lot of husainiyas in the area.

References
  1. https://theses.ncl.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/10443/730/1/Taqi10.pdf
  2. شيعة الكويت.. بين المشاركة والتمايز المذهبي Arabic CNN - 13 April 2007 - Access Date 30 January 2015.


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