Timeline of Kuwait City

The following is a timeline of the history of Kuwait City, Al Asimah Governorate, Kuwait, and its metro surroundings.

Prior to 20th century

• 1899 - Treaty with British 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 - Kuwait Transport Company established; public transit begins (initially from city to Fahaheel).^[13]
• 1966 - Kuwait University established.
• 1967 - Arab Towns Organization headquartered in Kaifan.
• 1970 - Urban master plan commissioned (approximate date).^[8][14]
• 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.
• 1976
  • Al-Anba newspaper begins publication.^[12]
  • Kuwait Water Towers built.^[10][15]
• 1979
  • Kuwait Towers built.^[15]
  • 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^[15] built.
• 1983
  • 12 December: 1983 Kuwait bombings.
  • Dar Al Athar Al Islamiyyah (cultural entity) established.^[16]

• 1985 - Jabir Abdallah Jabir Abdallah II becomes governor.^[11]
• 1986 - Grand Mosque (Kuwait) and Al-Marzook Medical Center and Mosque^[15] 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.^[17]
• 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.^[15]
• 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
  • Museum of Modern Art opens.^[16]
  • Urban master plan created.^[8]
• 2004
  • Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Tower built.^[18]
  • 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.^[19]
• 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).^[20]

See also

• Kuwait City history
• Other names of Kuwait City
• List of areas of Capital Governorate

References

1. Angie Turner (2008), "Kuwait City", in Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 229+
2. 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
3. "Arabia: Sultanate of Koweit". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
4. 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.
5. "Kuwait marks 50th anniversary of first municipal elections". Kuwait News Agency. June 2014.
6. Wafa'a H. Al-Sane (2003). "Kuwait". In Miriam Drake. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (2nd ed.). Marcel Dekker. ISBN 978-0-8247-2079-7.
7. Malcolm C. Peck (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6416-0.
8. Gwyn Lloyd Jones (2014). "Kuwait City, Kuwait". In Murray Fraser and Nasser Golzari. Architecture and Globalisation in the Persian Gulf Region. Ashgate. pp. 37–56. ISBN 978-1-4094-7098-4.
9. "Kuwait City". Lonely Planet. Retrieved April 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
10. 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
11. Alan Rush (1987). Al-Sabah: History & Genealogy of Kuwait's Ruling Family, 1752-1987. London: Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-081-9.
12. "Kuwait". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
13. Abdul-llah Abu-Ayyash (1986). "Urban Public Transport Planning in Kuwait". GeoJournal. 12. JSTOR 41143870.
14. Karim Jamal (12 December 1973), "Kuwait: a Salutary Tale", Architects Journal
15. (Kuwait City), ArchNet, retrieved April 2015 Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
16. "Art Galleries and Museums (list)". ArtKuwait.org. Retrieved April 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
17. BBC News. "Kuwait Profile: Timeline". Retrieved April 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
18. "(Kuwait City)". Emporis.com. Hamburg. Retrieved April 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
19. "Kuwaiti Women Join the Voting After a Long Battle for Suffrage", New York Times, 30 June 2006
20. "Statistical Reports: Population: Population Density by Governorate". Government of Kuwait, Public Authority for Civil Information. 2014.

Further reading

Published in the 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 – via Hathi Trust, Al Quaat

Published in the 20th century

• "Kuwet (Kuweit, Koweit)", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
• British Admiralty (1916). "Sultanate of Koweit: Towns: Koweit". Handbook of Arabia. 1. London: British War Office.
• "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.
• 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 the 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.
• 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. doi:10.1215/1089201X-2072694.

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