Timeline of Kuwait City
The following is a timeline of the history of Kuwait City, Al Asimah Governorate, Kuwait, and its metro surroundings.
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- 1899 - Treaty with the United Kingdom signed.[1]
20th century
- 1904 - Seif Palace construction begins.
- 1912 - U.S. mission established.[2]
- 1915 - Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah becomes governor of Kuwait City.
- 1921
- City wall built.[2]
- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah becomes sultan.[3]
- 1930 - Kuwait Municipality established.[4][5]
- 1936 - Central Library established.[6]
- 1948 - Population: 80,000 (estimate).[2]
- 1950s - Hawally development begins near city.[7]
- 1951 - Urban master plan commissioned.[8]
- 1957
- City wall taken down.[9]
- Kuwait National Museum founded.[10]
- 1961 - Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development headquartered in city.
- 1962
- City becomes part of newly established Capital Governorate; Nasir Sabah Nasir Mubarak I becomes governor.[11]
- Al-Watan newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1963 - National Assembly of Kuwait headquartered in city.
- 1965
- 1966 - Kuwait University established.
- 1967 - Arab Towns Organization headquartered in Kaifan.
- 1970 - Urban master plan commissioned (approximate date).[8][15]
- 1972 - Al-Qabas newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1974 - 7 February: 1974 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait.
- 1975
- International School of Pakistan established in Al Farwaniyah.
- Population: 78,116.[16]
- 1976
- Al-Anba newspaper begins publication.[12]
- Kuwait Water Towers built.[10][17]
- 1979
- Kuwait Towers built.[17]
- Salim Sabah Nasir Mubarak I becomes governor (approximate date).[11]
- Jahra Governorate established near city.
- 1980 - Kuwait Petroleum Corporation headquartered in city.
- 1982 - Kuwait National Assembly Building[8] and Al-Fahed Mosque[17] built.
- 1983
- 12 December: 1983 Kuwait bombings.
- Dar Al Athar Al Islamiyyah (cultural entity) established.[18]
- 1985 - Jabir Abdallah Jabir Abdallah II becomes governor.[11]
- 1986 - Grand Mosque (Kuwait) and Al-Marzook Medical Center and Mosque[17] built.
- 1988
- Lycée Français de Koweït established in Salmiya.
- Farwaniya Governorate established near city.
- 1990 - 2–4 August: Invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces.
- 1991 - February: Iraqis ousted.[19]
- 1993
- Liberation Tower (Kuwait) and Al-Mubarrah Community Center built.
- Urban master plan created by Kuwait Municipality.[8]
- 1994 - National Library of Kuwait headquartered in city.[6]
- 1995 - Population: 28,747 in Kuwait City.[12]
- 1998 - Al-Sharq Waterfront built.[17]
- 1999 - Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate established near city.
21st century
Aerial view of Kuwait City and surroundings, 2004
Map of Kuwait City, 2011
- 2001 - Population: 388,532 in Capital Governorate (estimate).[12]
- 2002 - April: 2002 West Asian Games held.
- 2003
- 2004
- Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Tower built.[20]
- American University of Kuwait opens in Salmiya.
- 2005 - Dar Al Awadi Tower built in Sharq.
- 2006 - 29 June: Kuwaiti general election, 2006 held; the first including women voters.[21]
- 2008 - Kuwait International Airport new terminal built.
- 2009 - Arraya Tower built.
- 2011 - Al Hamra Tower built.
- 2014 - Population: 538,053 in Capital Governorate; (plus nearby urban areas: 1,094,576 in Farwaniya Governorate, 898,401 in Hawalli Governorate, and 232,428 in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate).[22]
References
- Turner 2008.
- Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Kuwait, Kuweit, or Al-Kuwayt", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 996, OL 6112221M,
Formerly called Qurein, Grane, or Grain
- "Arabia: Sultanate of Koweit". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- Michael Herb (2014). The Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-5468-4.
- "Kuwait marks 50th anniversary of first municipal elections". Kuwait News Agency. June 2014.
- Wafa'a H. Al-Sane (2003). "Kuwait". In Miriam Drake (ed.). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (2nd ed.). Marcel Dekker. ISBN 978-0-8247-2079-7.
- Malcolm C. Peck (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6416-0.
- Jones 2014.
- "Kuwait City". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- Noura Alsager, ed. (2014). Acquiring Modernity. State of Kuwait, National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters. ISBN 978-99906-0-423-8.
Biennale di Venezia
- Alan Rush (1987). Al-Sabah: History & Genealogy of Kuwait's Ruling Family, 1752-1987. London: Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-081-9.
- "Kuwait". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 2538+. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- Abdul-llah Abu-Ayyash (1986). "Urban Public Transport Planning in Kuwait". GeoJournal. 12 (3): 243–254. JSTOR 41143870.
- "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
- Karim Jamal (12 December 1973), "Kuwait: a Salutary Tale", Architects Journal
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
- (Kuwait City), ArchNet, retrieved 30 April 2015
- "Art Galleries and Museums (list)". ArtKuwait.org. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- BBC News. "Kuwait Profile: Timeline". Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- "(Kuwait City)". Emporis.com. Hamburg. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- "Kuwaiti Women Join the Voting After a Long Battle for Suffrage", New York Times, 30 June 2006
- "Statistical Reports: Population: Population Density by Governorate". Government of Kuwait, Public Authority for Civil Information. 2014.
Bibliography
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- Published in 19th century
- James Horsburgh (1852). "Persian Gulf, West Side: Graen, or Grane, called also Quade". India Directory: Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America (6th ed.). London: William H. Allen & Co. – via Google Books.
- Edward Balfour (1885), "Koweit, also called Quade or Grave", Cyclopaedia of India (3rd ed.), London: B. Quaritch, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068611014 – via Hathi Trust,
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- Published in 20th century
- "Kuwet (Kuweit, Koweit)", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- British Admiralty (1916). "Sultanate of Koweit: Towns: Koweit". Handbook of Arabia. 1. London: British War Office. hdl:2027/njp.32101006882755.
- "Kuwait". Persian Gulf Pilot. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1920.
- L.W. Amps (1953). "Kuwait Town Development". Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society. UK. 40 (3–4): 234–240. doi:10.1080/03068375308731484.
- Abdul-llah Abu-Ayyash (1980). "Urban Development and Planning Strategies in Kuwait". International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 4.
- Najat Abd al-Qadir al-Jasim (1980). The Kuwait Municipality over 50 Years. Kuwait Municipality.
- Stephen Gardiner; Ian Cook (1983). Kuwait, the making of a city. Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-78356-0.
- Norconsult (1984), Public Transport in Kuwait Town and Urban Areas, Kuwait Municipality and Kuwait Transport Company
- Saleh Abdulghani Al-Mutawa (1994), History of Architecture in Old Kuwait City
- Published in 21st century
- Yasser Elsheshtawy, ed. (2008). "Kuwait: learning from a globalized city". The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-12821-1.
- Angie Turner (2008), "Kuwait City", in Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley (eds.), Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 229+, ISBN 9781576079195
- Farah al-Nakib (2013). "Kuwait's Modern Spectacle: Oil Wealth and the Making of a New Capital City, 1950–90". Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 33: 7–25. doi:10.1215/1089201X-2072694.
- Gwyn Lloyd Jones (2014). "Kuwait City, Kuwait". In Murray Fraser; Nasser Golzari (eds.). Architecture and Globalisation in the Persian Gulf Region. Ashgate. pp. 37–56. ISBN 978-1-4094-7098-4.
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